William Milton "Billy" Barbee

A funeral service celebrating the life of William Milton “Billy” Barbee, 77, will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 10, 2025, at St. George Catholic Church, 1811 Ashland Road, Coushatta, LA, with Father Karl Daigle officiating and assisted by Deacon Micheal Straub. There will be a brief visitation from 10:30 AM until 11:00 AM in the church hall. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Rambin, LA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at the church. Father Joseph Ampatt will be assisting with the visitation. The services are under the direction of Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

Billy was born on September 24, 1947, in Cleveland, MS, to Milton Moore and Vivien Barbee and passed April 1, 2025, at his residence in Coushatta, LA. He was a retired teacher for Calcasieu Parish.

Billy was preceded in death by his parents; brothers-in-law, Bob Kightlinger and Brian King; sister-in-law, Pat Trahan; nephew, Nathaniel Daigle; and dear friends, Harry Scott, Richard Trisler and Fred Doucet. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 53 years, Mary “Libby” Barbee; sons, Brad Barbee (Elizabeth) of Northfield Falls, Vermont and Alex Barbee (Andrea) of St. Petersburg, Florida; daughter, Katherine Rosenthal (George) of Tallahassee, Florida; sisters, Martha Anne Kightlinger, Vivien Leigh Swant (BJ), Mignonne Owens (Michael) and Yvonne Rickard; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Honoring Billy as pallbearers will be Darrell Lafitte, Wesley Martinez, Randy Morgan, Michael Owens, Mackie Slocum and Milton Slocum.

A consummate teacher and voracious student, who met life with tenacious spirit, brave and courageous vigor. Billy Barbee was a sportsman, a family man and a devout follower of Christ who demanded as much as he gave, loved fully and wholly, from his first to his last. He goes now to his forefathers, in their mighty company, he shall know eternal peace. As far as east is from the west, our love for you is even bigger- your loving family