Billie Jo Lenear

Billie Jo Lenear, age 84, of Knoxville, passed away March 2, 2017. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was loved dearly and will be missed deeply. She was preceded in death by parents, Willis & Esta Thomas; grandchildren, Chris Ward “Porky”, and Makenzi Troutt; son-in-law, Carl Ray Ward; sisters, Hazel Ward, Athalene Strebil, and Louise Woods; brothers, Everette Thomas and J.L. Thomas. She is survived by daughters Margie (Don Lee) Ward, Sue (Jerry) Ridings, Barbara (Junior) Morgan, Sharon (Jack) Foster, Sonda (Carl) DeBusk, and Tina (Bob) Lenear; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Jennifer, John, Jonathan (BooBoo), Natasha, Kayla, Kenny, Makyla, Renee, Carla, Chris, Jacob, Troy, Andrew, Victoria, Wendy, Latasha, Justin, Olivia, Jackson, Kylie, Michael, Samantha, Samea, Jackie Jr, David Greg, Ryan, Marcus, Jimmy, Alexis, Savannah, D.J., Damien, Haley, Joe Joe, Brittany, Tabitha, Cody, Kinleigh, Chris Jr., and Brad, Christy, Joey, and Jammie, and Carl, Jr.. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm on Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Mynatt Funeral Home Halls Chapel. Family and Friends will meet at 1:45pm Monday at Beech Springs Cemetery in Kodak, TN for graveside services at 2pm.