A funeral service for Bill Ray Nabors, Jr., age 58, of Amber, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2024 in the Bible Baptist Church in Chickasha with Pastor Emeritus Kim Hayes officiating.
Bill Ray Nabors, Jr. was born January 30, 1966 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Bill Ray Nabors, Sr. and Mildred Nabors. He tragically passed from this life on Friday, August 9, 2024.
Bill was raised in the Chickasha and Friend communities. He graduated from Amber-Pocasset High School in 1984. Soon after graduation, he joined the Oklahoma National Guard.
He married Becky Gunter and with this union he gained a daughter, Laura, and they had a son, Preston, together.
Bill worked for IBEW as a journeyman electrician for 18 years. Then in 2004, he went active duty with the United States Army, where he held many responsibilities, but one of his primary duties was making sure fellow soldiers were cared for, which he did with immense pride. He retired from the military in April 2022, after serving his country 35 years, 9 months and 27 days of combined service.
On October 15, 1995, he married the love of his life, Teresa Woods, and with this marriage, he gained two children, Brad and Emily, and they shared over 30 years of life together.
After retiring from the military, Bill drove a truck cross country for a time, but missed his family. He then began working for Braum’s farm to have something to do.
Bill was a man of many layers. He was a volunteer firefighter for 20 years and during those years he volunteered for the Grady County District with the Amber, Friend, and Pocasset departments and for a time with the Keys Fire Department in Park Hill, Oklahoma.
He was very outspoken about his love for his wife Teresa and his family. Everyone who knew him knew how much he loved them. Bill loved Teresa with everything he had, he loved his children with his whole heart, and he loved his grandchildren even more. He was a great Papa and they held a special place in his heart.
He was preceded in death by his father Bill Ray Nabors, Sr.
Loved ones left to remember him are wife Teresa of the home; children Brad and Cindy Maples of Elgin, Emily and James Owens of Pocasset, and Preston and Kassie Nabors of Blanchard; mother Mildred Nabors of Friend; grandchildren, who were his pride and joy, Zaylie, Kynslie, Easton, Allie Mae, Jentry, Reid, and Evalyn; sister Marlene Croskey of Tabler; Aunt Vivian of Slaughterville; his cherished dog Penny; many nieces and nephews and other extended family and friends.
A viewing for Bill will be held on Friday, August 16 th at Ferguson Funeral Home from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family request, in honor of Bill, that memorial contributions be made to a local volunteer fire department in your area and if there is not one near you, please donate to the Grady County Fire Service.
Interment in the Amber Cemetery will be under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.