{"id":8738,"date":"2017-07-31T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=8738"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:25:23","slug":"obituary-chapman-billy-ray","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=8738","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Chapman, Billy Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\"><img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1958_Chapman_Bill.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Ray Chapman\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1958<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1958 Maroon Spotlight<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1958_Chapman_Bill_yearbook.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Ray Chapman\" \/><br \/>Billy Ray Chapman<\/h2>\n<p>Football 55-58; Basketball 55-58; Homeroom Vice-President 57-58; Assembly 57-58; Basketball Co-Captain 57-58.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1958 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n<p>Billy Ray Chapman has been a key player in both football and basketball while at Perry high school.  He was co-captain of the cage team this year and was a tackle on the PHS grid varsity.  His post-graduation plans are indefinite.  He was born Nov. 3, 1939, in Hominy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chapman, 1115 Fir avenue.  The family came to Perry in 1950.  Chapman&#8217;s favorite subject is speech.  He has been homeroom vice president this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Billy Ray Chapman<\/h1>\n<h3>November 03, 1939 &#8211; November 23, 2011<\/h3>\n<p>Billy Ray Chapman, 72, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011, in Enid.<\/p>\n<p>Born on November 3, 1939, in Hominy, he was the son of Winfred Walton and Pauline (Landsaw) Chapman.  Billy graduated from Perry High School and served from 1958 to 1961 in the U.S. Army as a military police officer, where he earned medals in carbine and pistol marksman. <\/p>\n<p>On September 14, 1958, he married Patsy Graves in Billings. He worked as a law enforcement officer in Perry and Enid. Billy worked for 18 years at Boys Market and recently was employed part time at Dollar General. He was a member of American Legion and First Assembly of God Church. Billy enjoyed fishing, woodworking, reading westerns and spending time with his kids and grandkids. <\/p>\n<p>Surviving are his wife, Patsy of the home; two children, Greg and Lisa Chapman of Enid and Deana and Ray Lamle of Nebraska; seven grandchildren, William, Alex and Elizabeth Hyde, Hunter and Peyton Chapman and Jarod and Taylor Winters; his parents, Winfred and Pauline Chapman of Enid; his mother-in-law, Ruby Graves of Perry; a sister-in-law, Vernona and Jim Davis of Perry; a brother-in-law, Jack and Pat Graves of Corona, CA; two nephews, Jimmy Parks of Seiling and Gene Parks of Fort Worth, TX. <\/p>\n<p>Billy is preceded in death by his sister, Betty; father in law, Alfred Graves; brother-in-law, Ralph Dean Graves; and sister-in-law, Jerri Graves. <\/p>\n<p>Funeral will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at First Assembly of God Church, with Rev. Dan Barrick and Rev. Jared Cloud officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry. Memorials may be made OMRF, First Assembly of God Church or to the family to help with expenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8738"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30848,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8738\/revisions\/30848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}