Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
1:15 pm Thursday, April 20, 2017

Billy Streetman

Billy James Streetman, 79, Tuscumbia, Alabama passed away April 19 at his residence.

Mr. Streetman was a native of Franklin County but had lived in Tuscumbia for the past 12 years. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He served in the Russellville National Guard and was a retired aeronautical engineer.

Funeral service will be April 22 at 1 p.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home with James McCullar officiating. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until time for service. Burial will follow in Spruce Pine Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Streetman, Tuscumbia; children, Diane Streetman of Tuscumbia, Michael Streetman of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., and Douglas Streetman of Russellville; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be grandsons.

He was preceded in death by parents, Henry Price and Mary Irene Sibley Streetman;
brother, Robert B. Streetman; and granddaughter, Brandy Fuller.

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