Billy Wayne Tankersley of Normandy, passed this life on Thursday, December
20, 2018 at his residence at the age of 65 years. Memorial Services will be
conducted on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 1 PM at Daves-Culbertson
Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 11 AM.
A native of Coffee County, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Wanda
Pierce Tankersley. He worked in the shipping department at Batesville
Casket for over 38 years. Mr. Tankersley enjoyed playing pool and loved to
joke and tease everyone. He also enjoyed going to yard sales and hunting
for bargains. He was an avid fan of old TV shows, including the Andy
Griffith Show, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Three Stooges and The Dukes of Hazard.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Melvin
Tankersley and sister, Robbie Amos.
Mr. Tankersley is survived by his wife, Joan Tankersley of Normandy; sons,
Phillip Tankersley and his wife, Amanda and Timothy Tankersley and his
wife, Chasity, both of Normandy; daughter, Rebecca Hunter and her husband,
Anthony of Palmyra, TN; brother, Stanley Tankersley and his wife, Pam of
Estill Springs; sisters, Judy Luttrell and her husband, Steve of Tullahoma,
Jackie Goodwin of Lynchburg, Betty Farris and her husband, John of Estill
Springs and Barbara Dorsett and her husband, Harold of Lynchburg; eleven
grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The family would like to express their gratitude to the staff of Hospice
Compassus for their loving help and support.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.