April 11,2006 MUNCIE - Willie T. "Billie" Beaty, 78, passed away Tuesday morning at Muncie Health and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Beaty was born in Jamestown, Tennessee on January 2, 1928 the daughter of Everett and Mattie Delk. She was a homemaker and a member of Eagles Women's Auxiliary. Mrs. Beaty leaves to cherish her memory, her husband of 57 years, Carl Beaty, Muncie; one daughter, Connie Hughes, Sarasota, Florida; two sons, Michael Beaty, Naples, Florida, and Tom Beaty, Muncie; one brother, Wendell Stephens, Muncie; nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews; and a special niece, Sue Aversano. She was preceded in death by her parents; nine brothers and sisters, Geneva Popplewell, Sandy Delk, Travis Delk, Dean Wilson, Benton Delk, Charlotte Burris, Hagen Delk, Daures Stephens, and Kirwood Delk; and a daughter, Debbie Beaty. Pastor Whitey Fights will officiate funeral services at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at Garden View Funeral Home, 10501 North State Road 3, Muncie. Burial will be conducted in Gardens of Memory Cemetery.