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June 8, 1934 –  May 16, 2015  Funeral Services for Billy Dale Woods, 80, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 23th at Meador Funeral Home, Gainesville with Rev. Hubert Wright officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Woods passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 at his residence in Lake Kiowa.
Billy was born June 8, 1934 in Gainesville, Texas to Hiram Thomas and Nola Bea (Porter) Woods. At the age of seventeen – eighteen he was a member of the Gainesville Community Circus. He then became a professional trapeze aerialist for thirty years. He worked as both a performer and an Entertainment Agent at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. He was the first trapeze artist to do the triple somersault. Billy was a personal friend of many celebrities, including Celine Dion and her husband, Renee. He had been a guest in their home many times and played golf with them. Billy was a past Master of the Masonic Lodge, a member of Shriners International, Royal Order of Jesters and Lake Kiowa Golf Association. He was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Monica King of Carrollton; son, Stephen Woods of Gainesville; daughter, Keeli Woods of Las Vegas; daughter and son-in-law, Valerie and Brian Owen of Boise, Idaho; grandchildren, Robert Bedell, Dale Owen, Kelli King, Kristi King, Crystal Holloway and Sterling King; nine great-grandchildren and brother, Thomas Woods of Gainesville. He is preceded in death by his parents, Hiram and Nola Woods; son, Billy Dale Woods, Jr.; sister, Delores Juanita Woods Sicking and brother, Robert Woods.

Memorials may be sent to Shriners Hospital for Children 12502 USF Pine Drive Tampa, Florida 33612-9411 or made online at www.shrinershospitalforchildren.org. http://videos.lifetributes.com/597818