Funeral services for Billy Ray Weatherspoon, 68, of Ferriday, LA will be held Saturday, October 4 2025 at 10am at the Word of Faith Ambassador Outreach in Ferriday under the directions of Concordia Funeral Home of Ferriday. Visitation will be held Saturday morning from 9am to service time at the church. Interment will follow at Vidalia Cemetery.

Mr. Weatherspoon, son of Dave Crumb and Stella Weatherspoon, was born in Pineville, LA and died at the University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. He was a retired farmer. He was known for his delicious  barbecued chicken, ribs, sausage, briskets and all other meats including wild pig.

He will truly be missed by his family: his wife, Gwendolyn Rouwtt Weatherspoon; four sons, William Webber; of Ferriday; Tommy Leonard (Leakiesha) of Winnsboro, LA; Joseph Leonard (Elizabeth) of Dallas, TX; Jonathan D. Leonard (Kathleen) of Murrieta, CA; three daughters, Gwenetra Chantay Weatherspoon and Sylvia Newbill both of Ferriday; Gwendolyn Leonard Levi (Mario) of Dallas, TX; Nichole Washington (Wilbert) of Clayton,, LA; his beloved god-son, Tyrese T. Jefferson of Ferriday; four brothers, Dave Weatherspoon, Jr. (Gladys) ;  NV; Morris Weatherspoon (Helen) all of Las Vegas, NV;  Lloyd Gene Weatherspoon (Dana) of Ferriday; Michael Hall (Vonetta) of Sicily Island , LA; two sisters, Earline Williams and Peggy Wycliff both of Ferriday. And a host of many, many friends and other family members.

Billy Ray was preceded  in death by his parents, one son, Brandon Holmes, one brother, Johnny Weatherspoon and one sister, Geraldine Tennessee.