Billy Howard Rayburn

Mr. Billy Howard Rayburn, age 81, a resident of Rockwood, Tennessee passed away Saturday, July 2, 2022, at the Summit View of Farragut in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was born August 7, 1941, in Harriman, Tennessee. Bill was a retired Sprinkler Fitter and more recently managed the Trout Farm in the Post Oak Community of Rockwood, where he was known as “Wild Bill” and Saw Mill Bill”. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and was a “Pretty Good Old Guy”. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Smith Rayburn and Pearl Ryans Rayburn Sneed; wife, Annie Rayburn; son, Eric Rayburn; sisters, Frances Wilson, Wilma Whittaker, and Eula Mae Mason; brothers, William Estil Rayburn and Thomas “Tommy” Rayburn; and friend, Allen Clowers.

Survivors include:

Friends:                     Martha Clowers of Rockwood, TN

Charles Glenn Clowers of Rockwood, TN

And several other relatives and friends.

Receiving of friends will be Tuesday, July 5, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Evans Mortuary. Military honors will be given by the Roane County Military Memorial Honor Guard and the U.S. Air Force from the Chapel of Evans Mortuary at 7:00 p.m. Private interment will be held in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Rockwood, Tennessee at a later date