William "Bill" Twilla

William "Bill" Twilla, Jr, 65 of Pocahontas, passed from this life Sunday, March 7 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Mr. Twilla was born in Shelby County, Monday, November 21, 1955 to William Waldo and Geneva Gay Twilla, Sr. He served his country with the US Marines receiving a National Defense Service Medal and a Rifle Expert Badge. He worked for Cummins Diesel ReCon for 17 years prior to becoming disabled. He loved his family first, then cars, motorcycles, Hallmark movies and children; collecting and working on classic cars, visiting, traveling, story-telling, holidays and fishing. He lived in Memphis until moving to Pocahontas 20 years ago.

Survivors include his wife Theresa Ann Rush Twilla, whom he married December 7, 2000; a son, Marcus (Andrea) of Memphis; a grandson, William Twilla; two step-children, Josh (Melissa) Holliman of Bells and Grace Austin of Pocahontas; three step-grandchildren, Lauryn Hope Threlkeld, Jada Austin and Nick Holliman; a step-greatgrandchild, Everett Cobain Locke; two sisters, Ronda Morgan of Greenville, TX and Janice Jackson (Dana) of Sardis, MS; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, James and Ronnie Joe Twilla and a nephew Jay Twilla.

The family asks that donations be made to www.dav.org or woundedwarriorproject.org.