of Jonesboro, AR
July 27, 1939 - July 7, 2023
Billy Carl Lamkin, 83, of Jonesboro, AR passed away Friday, July 7, 2023 at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. He was born on July 27, 1939 to Paul and Ruby (Onstead) Lamkin. Bill retired after serving twenty-one years in the Air Force, after which he worked as an aircraft maintenance supervisor on a naval base in Bethesda, Maryland. He loved camping, traveling, going on cruises and his Corvette, named "The Green Hornet".
Bill is preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 54 years, Ida Beatrice (Powell) Lamkin; two sons, Carl and Kevin Lamkin; a sister, Shirley Lamkin and a brother, Tommy Lamkin.
Left to cherish the memory of Bill are his sons, Roger Rodriguez and Kent Rodriguez; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; four brothers, Larry Lamkin, Roger (Joyce) Lamkin, James (Wanda) Lamkin and Kenneth (Sarah) Lamkin; a sister, Paulette (Charles) Bowden; a sister-in-law, Sharon Lamkin and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial visitation will be from 10am-12pm on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at Roller Farmers Union Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The rendering of military honors will begin at 12pm.
The family asks that memorial donations be made in Bill's name to Hope Circle Foundation at NEA Baptist in Jonesboro, AR.
Arrangements are under the care of Roller Farmers Union Funeral Home.
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Jo post
Sunday, July 9, 2023
I was a close friend to Billy and Bea for many years. Billy was my best Pinochle partner ever. When they lived in Lusby, Maryland, I and my late husband, Ted, played every weekend with he and I the clear champions due to his expertise. We also enjoyed many camping trips with them. I was already missing him after his move to Arkansas, but his death is heartbreaking. I’m sending prayers that your happy memories of him will give all of you, who loved him, a measure of comfort and peace throughout your grief, as I know it will for me.
I wish that I could be there for his service and military honors, but I have prior commitments that can’t be changed.
Sincerely,
Jo Post