William Robert ("Billy") Barnette was born in 1930. He was the fourth child born to Walter Thomas Barnette and Cornelia Florine Ingram.Billy married Doris Hayes and they had four children: Bruce, Donna, Peggy and Robert. Doris from an accidental drug overdose, and Billy remarried Janice.
Billy owned and operated a gas station in Winder, GA, for many years. He was very well liked around town and despite doing right by his customers (even when they didn't do right by him), Billy was shot and killed by a disturbed patron in broad daylight on September 13, 1985.
