- Date Of Birth: June 30, 1943
- Date Of Death: March 11, 2022
- State: Indiana
Pastor Bill (Billy) Cornwell, 78 passed away on Friday, March 11 in Sunrise, FL at the Vitas Inpatient Hospice home surrounded by his family. Bill was the youngest of ten children born to Cloyd & Fannie Fern (Crum) Cornwell on June 30, 1943 in Talbott, TN.
Billy was raised and worked on the family dairy & tobacco farm in Talbott, TN. He also worked for Magnavox and Morristown Fire Dept. Billy and Jan moved from Tennessee to Tipton, IN in 1971. Bill worked for A.G. Tebbe Farm Inc. until his retirement. Bill loved farming and driving a tractor trailer delivering Pioneer seed corn to dealers in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan.
Billy was saved under the ministry of Rev.
Billy was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, pastor and friend. Bill was a kind and generous man. He was also very funny even called “crazy” by family and friends. Bill loved to make people laugh and feel loved. Billy was a gifted baseball player as a teenager. He enjoyed NASCAR racing and he raced on dirt tracks for NASCAR in TN. His car was a bright yellow Chevy Chevelle number “00” he wrecked it, and Janice said, “no more, you’re not making me a widow at 21!” In addition to racing and baseball he and Jan loved to go camping in their various motorhomes.
Bill is survived by his sons David Cornwell and Darrin (Diwaldo Mena) Cornwell, grandsons Derek (Tiffany) Cornwell and Dustin (Sade Segovia) Cornwell, great granddaughter Evangeline (Evie) Cornwell, brother Lowell Cornwell, Edith Quarles, Marcella Franklin and many nieces and nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, wife Janice, daughter in law Ginny Cornwell, brothers Hugh, Wayland, Jay, Ross, Kenneth Cornwell, and sister Jean Williams.
The family would like to express gratitude to the Vitas Hospice Home staff for their loving care of Billy. Also, Bobby & Gail Cornwell for their generosity in providing Billy a home in Tennessee. Also, our Aunt Marcella, Aunt Edith, and Uncle Lowell for their love and care of dad. Thank you to all our cousins for their love and support of dad and us.
