Billy Joe Whaley Jr.

Cisco – Funeral Services for Billy Joe Whaley, Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. on
Monday, August 26, 2024, at the Daugherty Street church of Christ in Eastland
with Larry Vernon and Barrett Thomason officiating. Interment will follow in
Eastland City Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Edwards Funeral
Home in Eastland. A visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Sunday,
August 25, 2024, at the funeral home.

Bill was born on May 2, 1959, in Midland, Texas, to Billy Joe Whaley, Sr. and
Rhetta Jo (Gunter) Doss. He was employed with Oncor Energy for 41 years; in
addition, he was a carpenter and electrician. Bill married Sue Lynne Maxwell on
June 2, 2010, at the Botanical Gardens in Dallas, Texas.

Bill was a loving Christian husband and father who was a firm believer in choosing
his own family. There was no distinction among his children whether biological,
step, or in-law as he saw them all as his sons and daughters. As a husband, Bill
was an amazing provider and protector who loved Sue with all his heart.

Bill’s hobbies included playing and coaching baseball, bull riding, fishing, riding his
motorcycle, and cooking for others as he was an amazing cook who likely added
several pounds to all of us.

Bill was a servant, mentor, and teacher who had immense patience with all of us.
The things that mattered most to him was taking care of his family and being a
grandpa.

Survivors include his wife, Sue Whaley of Cisco; children, Julie Lacy and husband, J.
Ross of Midland, Rhett Whaley and wife, Jennifer of League City, Caleb Gulley and
wife, Baillie of Abilene, Mackenzie Kent and husband, Austin of Cisco, Lexi Jones
and husband, Cole of Cisco, and Payton Whaley and wife, Cailey of Abilene; 11
grandchildren, Hannah, Hailey, Olivia, Davis, Hudson, Korbin, Jett, Tripp, Jade,
Jaxon, and Scarlett; a sister, Jolyn Knight and husband Jerry of Brownwood; a
brother, Jeffrey Whaley and wife Terry of Edmond, Oklahoma; and numerous
friends who were like family.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Bill Whaley, Sr. and Jo Doss.
Pallbearers will be Rhett Whaley, Caleb Gulley, Payton Whaley, J. Ross Lacy,
Austin Kent, and Cole Jones.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Jeffrey Whaley and Jerry Knight.

Donations can be made in Bill’s honor to Lake Cisco Christian Camp, Foster’s
Home for Children in Stephenville, Texas, and The Open Door in Cisco, Texas.

To sign the online registry, go to www.edwardsfh.com