12/30/2003
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel


Billy Alvis 
Simms Cemetery, Rock Hill Community

Services for Billy Alvis, 73, of Huntington will be held at 1 
p.m. Wednesday in the Gipson-Metcalf Funeral Home Chapel in 
Lufkin with the Rev. David Merritt and the Rev. F.R. Slaughter 
officiating. Interment will follow in the Simms Cemetery in 
the Rocky Hill Community. 

Mr. Alvis was born September 3, 1930, in Etoile, Texas, the 
son of Dora Bell Whitehead and Lawrence Taylor Alvis. He died 
Sunday, December 28, 2003, in Lufkin hospital. 

Mr. Alvis had been employed in the maintenance departments of 
Lufkin Industries and Temple-Inland. He had also been the 
owner/operator of Alvis Air Conditioning. He was a member of 
the International Association of Machinists, Local 1999. Mr. 
Alvis was a member and deacon of the Rocky Hill Baptist 
Church. He had resided in Angelina and Nacogdoches counties 
all his life. 

Survivors include his wife, Delois Alvis of Huntington; 
daughter and son-in-law, Pat and Claude Williams of 
Huntington; sons and daughters-in-law, Charles and Sylvia 
Alvis, Ricky and Teresa Alvis, all of Huntington, James and 
Cherie Alvis of Zavalla; brother, O.D. Alvis of Rowlett, L.T. 
Alvis Jr. of Arlington; sisters, Mary Vick of Garland, Ossie 
Bell King of Nacogdoches; eight grandchildren; as well as 
numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. 

In addition to his parents, Mr. Alvis was also preceded in 
death by a son, Glenn Alvis; and brothers, Cecil Alvis, Gordon 
Alvis and George Alvis. 

The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. today at 
the Gipson-Metcalf Funeral Home. 

Gipson Metcalf Funeral Directors of Lufkin.