Rev. Billy McGarity

The Rev. Billy McGarity, 55, of Union City went home to be with the Lord 8:27 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Funeral services will be conducted 8 p.m. today at Grace Presbyterian Church in Troy. Elder Deon Barnes and Elder Frank Dalton will officiate.
Graveside services will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Hope Cemetery in Sheridan, Ark.
Pallbearers will be Bill Smith, Justin Russell, Zach Buckland, Beau Bovee, R.B. Tolar and Jonathan Williams.
Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until the hour of services today.
Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Billy was born Dec. 16, 1965, in Pine Bluff, Ark., son of the late Billy “Pete” Burton and Dolores (McCoy) McGarity. He married Gaye Lynn (Gregory) McGarity Feb. 25, 1989. She survives.
Billy received his master’s of divinity degree from Whitefield Theological Seminary. He served as teaching elder of Grace Presbyterian Church in Troy and was a member of Covenant Presbytery.
He is also survived by two daughters, Audrey Ashcroft and her husband Joshua, of Lynchburg, Va., and Breannon Schaffer and her husband, Bobby, of Hickman, Ky.; one grandson, Gregory Ashcroft of Lynchburg; one sister, Sandy Henry and her husband, Mike, of Sheridan; two brothers, Phil McGarity and his wife, Carol, and Britt McGarity and his wife, Mandy, all of Sheridan; and his close personal friend, Pete Brown of Mountain View, Ark.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published 9.7.21