Obituary of Billie Ray Nobbley

Funeral services for Billie Ray Nobbley, age 76, of Roanoke will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2015, at 3:30 PM from Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Frank Korb and Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens with full military honors. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00-7:00 PM on Friday, October 16, 2015. Mr. Nobbley passed away Thursday, October 15, 2015, at East Alabama Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Nobbley; three sons, William “Greg” Nobbley (wife, Leanne) of Roanoke, Don Nobbley (wife, Sarah) of Heflin, and Doug Nobbley of Oxford; three stepchildren, Randal Robertson of Mt. Norman, AL, Rhonda Harlin (husband, Barry) of Roanoke, and Scott Robertson (wife, Dana) of Roanoke; eight grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; 11 step-great-grandchildren; one sister, Sandra Guin (husband, Tom) of Scottsboro, AL; and his constant companion, “Snickers.” Pallbearers will be C.J. Higgins, Tyler Higgins, Brent Nobbley, Slay Whaley, Dillon Nobbley, and Billy Nobbley. Honorary pallbearers will be his great-grandsons. A Randolph County native, Mr. Nobbley was born on August 16, 1939, the son of Rev. William “Chink” and Ollie Fowler Nobley. He was a member of Rock Mills United Methodist Church and was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Mr. Nobbley owned and operated B&J Golf Center in Oxford and also managed the Roanoke Country Club. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Janice Head Nobbley; one brother, Robert Nobbley; two sisters, Jeanette Newman and Kathleen Baldwin.