Billy "Butch" Bunch

A graveside service to celebrate the life of Billy “Butch” Bunch, 85, will be held Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at Forest Park West Cemetery, 4000 Meriwether Road, Shreveport, Louisiana. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday, February 20, 2023, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive, Bossier City, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Pastor Tommy Patton.

Butch was born on April 30, 1937, in Texas, to Aubrey and Juanita Bunch, and passed away on February 17, 2023, in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Butch was devoted to his loving wife, Anne, for 64 years. He followed in his grandfather’s footsteps and took up boxing at the age of 13. He retired from Schlumberger after 34 years of service. He loved to travel and bass fish. Butch was loved and cherished by all and will be greatly missed.

Butch is preceded in death by his parents; beautiful wife, Anne Bunch; daughter, Rebecca Nolin; granddaughter, Kimberly Roberts; sister, Ina Faye Copland; brother, David Bunch; and brother-in-law, Wille Stone, and wife, Madel.  He is survived by his brother, Joe Bunch and wife, Karolyn; nephew, Bobby Stone, Sr., and wife, Dawn; other nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; grandson, Christopher Pizzolato and wife, Heather and his children; and family friend, Pam Hood.

Honoring Butch as pallbearers will be Roden Madden, Gawain May, and Chris Pizzolato. Serving as honorary pallbearer will be Lee Deamer.