Billie Maurice (Carr) Kirkpatrick

Billie Maurice Kirkpatrick, 91, a resident of the Banning Estates community in Banning, passed away on October 26, 2022, at the San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital. She was born November 10, 1930, in Oklahoma, the middle child in a family of three girls born to William Amory and Gladys Betty (Cossey) Carr. She grew up in the vicinity of Trousdale, Oklahoma and graduated from Wanette High School where she was very active in sports. While in school she met Donald Ray Kirkpatrick, and following graduation came out to California to be with him as he was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. They were married on April 12, 1948, in Los Angeles County. Later they moved to the Riverside County area where they raised two boys. She was a devoted wife and mother, an accomplished bowler, and a faithful lifelong member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband Don of Banning; two sons, Danny and wife Peggie of Yucaipa, and Tony of Banning; three grandchildren Amber of Scottsdale, Arizona, Michelle and husband Lee Lopez of Moreno Valley, and Tyler of Twentynine Palms; younger sister Molly and husband Chris Goodnight of Tecumseh, Oklahoma; and a host of nieces and nephews in Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her elder sister, Neta. 

 A memorial service was held on November 1 at the Riverside National Cemetery where she was interred.

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