Billy Reid Baughman

Classmates, friends, etc. Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Our classmate and dear friend, Billy Baughman, died at 7:00 a.m. this morning at Summit Hospital on O'Neal Lane, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Funeral arrangements will follow soon. He will be buried in Greenoaks Cemetery on Florida Blvd next to his wife, and our former classmate, Annie Lee Cook.

Billy had to use an oxygen tube to help him breathe for several years, but it did not seem to slow him down until recently. A few weeks ago he called 911 himself and asked for help. He walked to the ambulance when they got there. He was admitted to intensive care and things got worse. He died this morning.

Billy was a good friend of mine and I will miss him. He was a real "country boy" and loved his cows until the end. One time not too long ago he called me to say he was walking in his pasture and "found $500". He laughed and said one of his cows had a prize calf and it was worth at least $500. That was Billy, always close to nature and his family. He will be missed by all of us.   Farewell to a good friend!

Robert L. Raborn, Billy's friend and classmate

 

Billy Reid Baughman

A retired chief powerhouse operator from Kaiser Aluminum in Baton Rouge, he died Wednesday, May 30, 2007. He was 78, a resident of Walker and a native of Bogalusa. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Visiting at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., on Thursday, May 31, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visiting resumes at the funeral home on Friday, June 1, from 8:30 a.m. until religious service at 10 a.m. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his three sons, Johnny Reid Baughman and wife Nancy of Walker, Robert Wayne Baughman and wife Evelyn of Port Vincent and Christopher Lee Baughman and wife Kim of Osyka, Miss.; sister, Betty Ann Seguin and husband Lawerence of Centreville, Miss.; brother, Dr. Charles H. Baughman and wife Priscilla of Phoenix; sister-in-law, Irene Wesley of Albuquerque, N.M.; five grandchildren, Jonathan Reid Baughman and wife Alicia, Janet Faye Baughman Lawler and husband Russell, Emily Sarah Baughman, Anna Lee Baughman, and Christopher Lee Baughman Jr.; and five great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn Lee Baughman, Ashlyn Elizabeth Baughman, William Russell Lawler, Juliana Faye Lawler and Madelyn Brooke Baughman. He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Annie Lee Cook Baughman; and parents, Seba and Loni Baughman. Pallbearers will be Johnny Baughman, Robert Baughman, Chris Baughman, Jonathan Baughman, Russell Lawler and Ingram Wascom. Honorary pallbearers are Gary Carpenter, Lawrence Sequin, Melvin Albea, Huey Palmer, Louis "Son" Sparkman and Willie Ray Sparkman. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, P.O. Box 4196, Monroe, LA 71211-9986.

Published in The Advocate on 5/31/2007.