Goldsboro News-Argus
Published in Obituaries on August 31, 2008 11:04 AM
April 10, 1936-Aug. 29, 2008

LaGRANGE -- Billy Ralph Sutton, 72, of 331 N. Beston Road died Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center.

A service of remembrance will be held Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008 at 4 p.m. at Rouse Funeral Home with the Revs. Alan Lamm and Reynolds Smith officiating. Interment will be Monday at 11 a.m. from Fairview Cemetery.

Billy was born April 10, 1936 in Wayne County to the late William Hardy Sutton and Beatrice Mozingo Sutton. Billy retired from E.I. Dupont following 31 years of service and later farmed poultry. He was an avid quail hunter.

Billy is survived by his wife of 52 years, Beulah Thomas Sutton; daughter, Paula Sutton Bright of LaGrange; son, Randy Alan Sutton and wife, Barbara, of LaGrange; three grandchildren, Megan Nicole Parks and husband, Phillip, Taylor Scott Sutton and Allison Leigh Sutton. Billy was preceded in death by a brother, Elton Hardy Sutton; and a sister, Margaret Sutton Price.

The family will receive friends following the service of remembrance and at other times they will be at the home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.rousefh.com. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 2402 Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro, N.C. 27534. Arrangements are with Rouse Funeral Home, LaGrange.