Funeral service for Billy Dean McConkey, 75, of Fairview, Oklahoma, were held at 2 p.m., Monday, November 29, 2021, at the Fairview Mennonite Brethren Church followed by burial in the Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements are by Fairview Funeral Home, Inc.

Billy Dean McConkey was born June 8, 1946, in Alva, Oklahoma, to Thomas Edison and Vulah Verl (Smith) McConkey and passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2021, in his home north of Fairview. Billy grew up in Alva attending school there. At a young age his father died and his mother married Carl Paxton who became his dad and finished raising him. On Apr...