In loving memory
Billy "Bill" Dean Hensley
September 17, 1938 – March 28, 2023
Lived 84 years
Pryor Cemetery · Stuart, Oklahoma
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not into thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy path. Proverbs 3:5-6
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1938
Born September 17
1939
Billy was 1 when World War II began in Europe
1947
Billy was 9 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1959
Billy was 21 when Barbie made her debut
1963
Billy was 25 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1974
Billy was 36 when Richard Nixon resigned the presidency
1981
Billy was 43 when MTV began broadcasting
1997
Billy was 59 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2001
Billy was 63 when Apple introduced the iPod
2016
Billy was 78 when the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908
2022
Billy was 84 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2023
Passed away March 28, age 84
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