James Oscar Billon

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 19 Sep 1931
    Christening: 
          Death: 29 Apr 2008 - Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
         Burial: 3 May 2008 - Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA
 Cause of Death: 

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Parents

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         Father: Oscar Dominic Billon
         Mother: Vera Cecile Smith

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Spouses and Children

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Notes

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General:

Per Times-Picayune 6/21/1953 Page 4
Casualties New Orleans Wounded
Sgt. Jimmy O. Billon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar D. Billon, 319 East Livingston pl.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Per The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) - Saturday, December 2, 1989 Metairie
For Oct. 17-19.
E. Livingston Place 319. Henri and James Oscar Billon to Will Ray Billon , $79,334.

Funeral Notice - BILLON
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) - Friday, May 2, 2008
James O. Billon

James (Jimmy) Oscar Billon , a retired coach and educator, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 in Baton Rouge, LA from complications of a stroke. He was 76. Jimmy was well known in the New Orleans Metro area for his success in football and track and field in the 1940's and early 1950's, both for Metairie High School and Tulane University. He played guard on the 1946 Riverside League Champion Metairie Yellow Jackets. Selected to play in the 1947 Louisiana State High School Classic football game in 1947, coached by the late Hoss Memtsas. He was a shot putter under the tutelage of the late coaches; Tad Gormley ( C.Y.O. ) and Johny Oelkers ( Tulane ).

Jimmy served in the U.S. Army as Sergeant, Chief of Section, 424th Field Artillery Battalion, 8" Towed. During the 8th Army's assault on the Iron Triangle, Chorwon, Korea, he was critically injured in 1953 and was a disabled veteran of the Korean War. He returned to Tulane in 1954 to complete his degree; B.A. Physical Education. He taught school and coached football at St. Aloysius, John Curtis, and Kehoe Academy. He was a resident of Metairie for over 60 years, before retiring to Covington in 2001. Jimmy spent his last 3 years in the loving care of Veterans War Home retirement community both in Jackson and Reserve, La. He will be sadly missed by: his children; daughter Suellen Billon Schmidt, sons James Henri Billon and Timothy Jon Billon, son-in-law; Edward Schmidt, daughters-in-law; Carol Billon and Lori Billon, grandchildren; Jeffrey Billon, Danielle Billon, Andrew Billon, Paul Billon, and Brittany Billon, brothers; Henri Billon and Will Billon; sister-in-law Patsy Billon. Jimmy was preceded in death by his parents the late Oscar D. Billon and Vera Smith Billon .

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service at LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. (in Metairie Cemetery); on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. Interment will follow in Lake Lawn Park. Visitation will begin at 11:00.

To sign and view the Family Guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com.
Section: METRO Page: 05 Record Number: 423374673