BILLYE D. MCGEE LOPEZ KENT, 85, of Olden,
TX passed away June 5, 2026, surrounded by her
loving family, with burial in the Oaklalnd Cemetery
at Duster.
Billye was born in Ranger, TX on Sept. 1, 1940 to
Bill & Maudine McGee. She attended Ranger High
School in the Class of 1959. Billye was a homemaker,
a very talented piano player, and an accomplished
seamstress. She enjoyed reading, shopping, and
sitting in her swing watching her cats play. She
loved anything that involved her children, grand-
children, or great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William
Leroy Kent; her parents, Bill and Maudine McGee;
her brother, James McGee (RHS-1961); & her sister,
Genevia McGee Burgess (RHS-1962).
She is survived by her daughters, Starr McGee,
Shannon Brown and husband Clinton, Randa Lopez
and husband Tomas, Shellye Truran and husband
Jeff. Grandchildren Patrick Bromley (Melinda),
Sammy Hendrix, Stevie Hendrix (Nancy), Selena
Martell, Christopher Brown, Rainey Tucker (David),
Marcus Lopez (Jennifer), Whitney Davidson (Adam)
and Ryan Truran (Katie); 18 great-grandchildren;
and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
We were each blessed to have had this wonderful
woman in our lives and she will be dearly missed
by all.