Billy Lee Anthony

Billy Lee Anthony, 82, of Sidney, Ohio, passed away at the Pavilion in Sidney on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 5:10 AM. He was born January 5, 1932 in Darke County, Ohio the son of Roy Franklin and Anna May (Cable) Anthony and they are deceased. He was married on June 10, 2006 to Janet E. Rutherford and she survives along with two daughters, Paulette Rediger of Arcanum, Ohio and Mary Elaine Wolf of Richmond, Indiana and two sons, Ricky Allen Anthony and companion, Sandy Riddle of Piqua, Ohio and Michael Anthony of Eaton, Ohio; two step-daughters, Lisa Feathers and husband Ted, Yvette Zang and husband Jason, two step-sons, Mark Slaybaugh and wife, Julie and Rodney Wooddell and five step-grandchildren and one step-great-grandson, three sisters, Wilma Reck and husband Jack of Rocky River, Ohio, Edith Hawkins of Versailles, Ohio and Roma Stump and husband Dick of Florida and a brother, Lester Howard Anthony and wife Helen of Georgia and six grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Eight brothers and sisters are deceased. He was a 1950 graduate of Arcanum High School. He was a retired farmer and he also worked at Dayton Tire and Rubber and the Reynolds and Reynolds Company. He was a volunteer fireman in Verona, Ohio. He liked to fish and hunt. He was a member of the Trinity Church of the Brethren in Sidney. Cremation services will be arranged by Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney and burial will be at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity Church of the Brethren, 2220 N. Main Ave., Sidney, Ohio 45365. Condolences may be expressed to the Anthony family on Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Homes web site at: www.salm-mcgillandtangemanfh.com