Billy "Bull" Claude Starnes

Billy Claude “Bull” Starnes, resident of the Williston Community and employee of Precision Coils Company in Brownsville departed this life Sunday evening, April 28, 2013 at the Methodist Hospital in Somerville after becoming suddenly ill at his residence. He was 52 years of age and died unexpectedly of natural causes.

Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Starnes that included a University of Tennessee Sports Theme were conducted at 3 P.M. Thursday, May 2nd at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Rev. Ken Culver, pastor of the Warren Community Church officiating. The service was concluded with a favorite U.T. selection “Rocky Top” and interment followed in the Fayette County Memorial Park Cemetery on Highway 64. Arrangements were provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes & Cremation Center — West Chapel at Oakland.

Mr. Starnes was born June 30, 1960 in Waukegan, Illinois. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Claude Starnes and Hilda Holloway Starnes. He moved at an early age to Fayette County with his family and attended local schools. He was a graduate from the Rossville Academy.

Mr. Starnes had been employed for a number of years by the Precision Coils Corporation at locations in Somerville and Brownsville. He was a former CAD programmer for Precision Coils and in recent years served as a designer for the company. Mr. Starnes had been a resident of the Williston Community for over 30 years and was of the Baptist faith.

An avid sports fan of the University of Tennessee for much of his life, Mr. Starnes enjoyed all kinds of music. He will be remembered as a people-person who enjoyed the friendships of both family and his many friends in the Williston Community and at his place of employment. Fishing in earlier years was a favorite pastime and he had a lifelong love for animals.

Mr. Starnes is survived by his sister, Tammy Starnes of Williston and his extended family of friends and employees of Precision Coils.

Those honored to serve as casketbearers were Bobby Parks, Kevin Treadway, Louis Stackley, IV, Stan Matheson, Ben Dennie and Anthony Harvey.
Honorary casketbearers were Billy Dobbs and Louis W. Stackley, III.

The family requests that memorials be directed to the Fayette County Chapter of the American Cancer Society, c/o Linda Taylor, 16845 Highway 64, Somerville, TN 38068.