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Billy Ross Ware
1931 2025

Billy Ross Ware

January 29, 1931 — January 12, 2025

Billy Ross Ware, age 93 of Valley Station, Kentucky passed away January 12, 2025 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville after a brief illness. Born January 29, 1931 to Nonnie Mae Whitt and Luther Ware in Durham, North Carolina. He left school during junior high to help support his mother and siblings and then earned his GED in 1957. He joined the Army in 1951 where he later met and married the love of his life, Zona Suellen McKain, after a two month courtship on December 13, 1958. His active duty tours included Germany, Korea, Vietnam, Panama Canal and numerous stateside posts as an MP/Detective during which he was awarded a Vietnam Service Medal, a Vietnam Campaign Medal and a Bronze Star. He earned the rank of SFC E-7 and retired with an honorable discharge on August 31, 1972 at Fort Knox, Kentucky before going on to complete another career as a commissioned security guard for Brown-Forman Corporation with a second retirement in February, 1996. Billy enjoyed creating and building wood décor, designing jewelry and puttering around the garage and yard throughout his retirement years.

Billy is survived by his wife of 66 years, Zona Suellen McKain; one daughter, Lisa (Gary) Thacker of Georgetown, Kentucky' one grandson, Nathan (fiancé, Shelby) Thacker and a host of family and friends.

No services are scheduled. Newcomers Funeral Home Dixie Highway is handling details. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider a donation to Crusade for Children at https://www.whascrusade.org/new-ways-to-give-2/ or Tunnels to Towers Foundation at https://t2t.org/donate/.

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