Beverly Ann Black

Funeral services for Beverly Ann Black, age 78, of Killeen are scheduled for 12:00pm on Saturday, May 27, 2023 at Victory Baptist Church in Copperas Cove with Pastor Erick Knight and Chuck Bigler officiating. Burial will follow at Copperas Cove cemetery under the direction of Affordable Burial Funeral Home. Mrs. Black passed away peacefully at Seton Medical center in Harker Heights on Monday, May 22, 2023. She was born November 1, 1944 in Bomarton, Texas to Robert Carson Thomas and Margie Helen Reed Thomas. Mrs. Black had lived in Killeen since 2017. She was a dedicated stay at home mom, but was also church treasurer and the boy’s Awana secretary for many years. Even with suffering so many afflictions in the last years of her life, she almost always had a smile on her face. She was a Godly wife, mother, granny, and great granny. She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Tracy Alan Black and baby boy or girl lost before birth; brother, Kenneth Leon Thomas. Survivors include her husband, Edwin Earl Black, of almost 61 years; son, Thomas John Black and wife Suzanne of Needville; daughters, Sandra Kay Mills and husband Bubba of Conroe, and Tamara Marie Willingham and husband Gregory of Killeen; daughter-in-law Sheila Black of Coldspring; sisters, Janice Bigler and husband Chuck of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Denise Hammel and husband Norman of Waxahachie; sister-in-law Brenda Thomas of Palestine; grandchildren Christopher Black and wife Jamie, Stephanie Sistrunk and husband Justin, Joshua Black and wife Morgan, Travis Black and wife Madeline, Michael Mills and wife Crystal, Jonathan Mills and wife Erica, Ethan Mills and wife Kaity, Amber Helmbreckt and husband Tyler, Kalani Strange, Anika Bonior and husband Peter, Hannah Moore and Husband Zack, Tyson Willingham, Lauren Coll and husband Moises, Leanna Hewitt and husband Hunter, Shelby McCoy and husband Cole, Liam Willingham; great grandchildren Sarah, Makayla, Skylar, Savannah, Sawyer (due August 2023), Carson, Ava, Milana, Giada, Amelia, Gracelyn, Landon, Waylon, Bentley, Harrison, Brooks, Milo, Oliver, Marlee, baby Navy (gender unknown and due November 2023), Lillian, John, and Adalyn. Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2023 from 11 a.m. until noon at Victory Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be her grandsons Christopher Black, Joshua Black, Travis Black, Michael Mills, Jonathan Mills, Ethan Mills, and Liam Willingham; grandsons-in-law Justin Sistrunk, Tyler Helmbreckt, and Moises Coll. Honorary pallbearers are grandson Tyson Willingham (unable to attend).

Beverly Ann Black

November 1, 1944 - May 22, 2023