Billy (Bill) Ray Upshaw, 79, Hamilton, MO, passed away on August 28, 2022, at the Cameron Regional Medical Center, Cameron.  Bill moved to Hamilton in 1989 from Kansas City, Kansas.

Bill was born on August 28, 1943, in Fort Scott, KS, to Raymond Andrew and Vada Marie (Duggins) Upshaw.  He grew up in Uniontown, KS, and graduated from high school there.  Bill honorably served his country in the Army during the Vietnam War.  He worked 10 years for National Beef in Kansas City, KS, before his employment with General Motors where he worked in the stamping plant and retired after 33 years of service.

Drag racing, bowling, pitching horseshoes, hill climbing in his dune buggy, playing pool and hunting were all hobbies Bill enjoyed.  He also very much liked to play cards (solitaire and pitch being his favorite), fishing, and he enjoyed the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals ball teams greatly.  Bill was always the life of the party and enjoyed having a good time with family and friends.

Preceding Bill in death were his parents, brother-Frederick, two sisters-Margaret Louise Cordray and Carolyn Louise Carr, and his son-Billy Ray Upshaw II.

On May 10, 1980, he married Margie Pippin in Kansas City, KS.  She survives of the home.

Additional survivors:  Children-Telia Upshaw, St. Joseph, MO; Nicol (Adam) Lindaman, Hamilton; Carissa (Blake) Henderson, Hamilton; and Kelly (John) Snow, Hamilton; 4 grandchildren-Ryan Cook, Austin Snow, and Leigha and Colt Henderson; and numerous other family members and friends.

Funeral Service:  2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, at the Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Formal Visitation:  6 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Interment:  The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, southeast of Hamilton, with full military honors.

Memorials may be made to the Disabled American Veterans in care of the funeral home.

Friends may call after noon on Wednesday, Aug. 31, prior to the visitation.