DAUGHTRY, Billie Mae

Billie Mae (Johnson) Daughtry Billie M. Daughtry, age 87, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, at the Patrick Haven Adult Care Home in Prescott. Billie was born May 17, 1918, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Karl and Pauline (Dillon) Johnson. Billie was a singer most of her life beginning with radio shows with her two sisters in St. Joseph then moving to El Paso, Texas, where she continued refining her skill, began singing with big bands and met her future husband, Stan Daughtry. They were both in the same band in Los Angeles, Calif., when they fell in love, got married in Yuma and moved to Phoenix. Since her husband was also a musician, they moved around the world to Honolulu, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Nev. and finally settled in Prescott in 1971, where they worked at The Pine Cone Inn for many years. Billie is survived by her daughter, Sandy Canada of Prescott Valley; two grandchildren, Sean Canada of Mosca, Colo. and Steffanie Bowen of Council Bluffs, Iowa; and five great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, at 1 pm, at Heritage Memory Mortuary, 131 Grove Ave., Prescott. Services entrusted to Heritage Memory Mortuary, Prescott, Arizona.