Obituary for Billy Olivo
Funeral services for Billy Olivo, 72, of Winnsboro, will be held on Friday, April 29, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of Young’s Community Funeral Home in Winnsboro, LA, with Roger Ward, Kenney Dunham, and Rodney Rials officiating.
A private interment will follow at Richmond-Olivo Memorial Garden at a later date.
The family will receive friends for visitation on Friday, April 29, 2022, from 12 PM – 2PM at Young’s Community Funeral Home.
Billy was born on May 11, 1949 and passed from this life on April 23, 2022. Billy and his family played and sang for over 20 years with The Richmond Family gospel group. They also had a prison ministry and played many benefits over the years to help others. Billy worked in the oil field many years then he worked at Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, LA, for 2 years, teaching auto mechanics to the trustees. Then he transferred to LA Dept. of Transportation in Chase, LA, as Equipment Superintendent, and retired after 28 years. Billy was an avid hunter and fisherman his whole life.
He is preceded in death by his father, Raymond “Bully” Leon Olivo; mother and father-in-law, Meloy and Hilda Richmond; sisters-in-law, Diane Kanehl, Sandy Richmond and Flo Day; brother-in-law, Pete Richmond; nephews, David Richmond, Joel Richmond and Michael Kanehl.
Survivors left to cherish his memory are his wife of 54 years, Sue Richmond Olivo; daughters, Robin Olivo Eddy and husband Rod; Kim Olivo Givens and husband Larry; grandchildren, Blake Givens, Dusty Barefield, Colt Powell, Ace Eddy, Josh Eddy, Talin Khatch, Abbie Barefield, and Chanel Eddy; great-granddaughter, Kendall Barefield, special fur baby, Sugar Bear; mother, Wilma Little Olivo; brothers and sisters-in-law, Charles Olivo, Kenny and Vickie Olivo, Donnie and Linda Olivo, Mike and Tina Olivo, Kenny Martin, James Richmond, Tim and Betty Richmond, Meloy and Tressia Richmond and Lela Richmond Hart and David. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends.
Pallbearers will be Rodger Richmond, William Gill, Roy Withers, Josh Eddy, Matthew Bass, Robert Bass, Kenny Wayne Olivo, Jr, Joel Olivo, and Carlton Olivo.
Honorary Pallbearers will be his grandsons, nephews, and the men at LA DOTD.
A private interment will follow at Richmond-Olivo Memorial Garden at a later date.
The family will receive friends for visitation on Friday, April 29, 2022, from 12 PM – 2PM at Young’s Community Funeral Home.
Billy was born on May 11, 1949 and passed from this life on April 23, 2022. Billy and his family played and sang for over 20 years with The Richmond Family gospel group. They also had a prison ministry and played many benefits over the years to help others. Billy worked in the oil field many years then he worked at Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, LA, for 2 years, teaching auto mechanics to the trustees. Then he transferred to LA Dept. of Transportation in Chase, LA, as Equipment Superintendent, and retired after 28 years. Billy was an avid hunter and fisherman his whole life.
He is preceded in death by his father, Raymond “Bully” Leon Olivo; mother and father-in-law, Meloy and Hilda Richmond; sisters-in-law, Diane Kanehl, Sandy Richmond and Flo Day; brother-in-law, Pete Richmond; nephews, David Richmond, Joel Richmond and Michael Kanehl.
Survivors left to cherish his memory are his wife of 54 years, Sue Richmond Olivo; daughters, Robin Olivo Eddy and husband Rod; Kim Olivo Givens and husband Larry; grandchildren, Blake Givens, Dusty Barefield, Colt Powell, Ace Eddy, Josh Eddy, Talin Khatch, Abbie Barefield, and Chanel Eddy; great-granddaughter, Kendall Barefield, special fur baby, Sugar Bear; mother, Wilma Little Olivo; brothers and sisters-in-law, Charles Olivo, Kenny and Vickie Olivo, Donnie and Linda Olivo, Mike and Tina Olivo, Kenny Martin, James Richmond, Tim and Betty Richmond, Meloy and Tressia Richmond and Lela Richmond Hart and David. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends.
Pallbearers will be Rodger Richmond, William Gill, Roy Withers, Josh Eddy, Matthew Bass, Robert Bass, Kenny Wayne Olivo, Jr, Joel Olivo, and Carlton Olivo.
Honorary Pallbearers will be his grandsons, nephews, and the men at LA DOTD.