Mr. Billy Ray Pinson, 85 of Atwood, Tennessee, passed away Monday June 28, 2021 at the NHC Healthcare in Milan.

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home.  Interment will follow in the Pisgah Cemetery in Atwood.

The family will receive friends in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home on Thursday from 10:00 AM until time of service.

Mr. Pinson was born May 25, 1936 in Atwood, Tennessee, to the late Claude B. Pinson and Corrine (Joyner) Pinson.  He retired from Owen's Corning, worked several years for the West Carroll Special District, was a member of Howse Baptist Church and a Korean War Air Force Veteran.  Other than his parents, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Gerald Pinson and Claude B. Pinson, Jr.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary Etta Pinson, three sons, Steve Pinson of McLemoresville, Randall Pinson (Cindy) of Atwood, Terry Pinson (Londa) of Huntingdon, and one brother, Gary Pinson of Humboldt.  He also leaves seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.