McCarty, Billy Dean

Billy Dean McCarty, 88, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Sunday, November 13, 2011. Bill was a decorated World War II veteran serving in the Battle of the Bulge as a Rifle Platoon Technical Sergeant in the Army Infantry. He was a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University. His career was as an analytical chemist/spectroscopist at Los Alamos, N.M., and he retired from Marathon Oil Company Research Center near Denver, Colo., after 25 years. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Nova; son, Gary (Sharon), Chesapeake, Va.; daughter, Janet McCarty (Frank Richardson), of San Diego, Calif.; one granddaughter, Melissa Zimmerman; one grandson, Sergeant Morgan McCarty; one great-grandchild; and one sister. A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg. Memorial donations may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Blue Ridge Chapter, One Morton Drive, Suite 106 Charlottesville, VA 22903 or to the Warm Hearth Foundation, 2607 Warm Hearth Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24060.