Billie Terra (Cupps) Cotten 86 went to be with the Lord on Saturday November 21 2009. She was born September 27 1923 in Hawley Jones County Texas to William Daniel and Julia (Pruitt) Cupps. She was the seventh of nine children born of this union having five sisters and three brothers. She attended Abilene schools. She married Delmar Cotten on February 6 1959. She worked her entire life in Abilene. When she retired in 1973 she took on volunteering where she often joked that she had to quit her fulltime job to have time for all of her volunteer work. She volunteered for the Food Bank the Abilene Z00 RSVP Day Nursery of Abilene West Texas Rehab Center and the Goodfellows where she was often called upon to dress dolls at Christmastime. She once sewed dresses for over 50 dolls. Her many hours of giving and her willingness to always help out anyway she could earned her the prestigious title of ""Volunteer of Abilene"". She was preceded in death by her parents her husband a beloved daughter Mary Jo Faulks three sisters Beatrice Boyd Audrey Deatherage and Dottie Marshall and three brothers Alan Dick and Ralph Cupps. She is survived by three daughters Shirley O'Rear and husband Sam Bonnie Blackshear and husband Mark of Abilene and Joyce Smith of Lubbock twelve grandchildren nine great grandchildren two sisters Ruby Davis and Maude Rhodes of Abilene a host of loving nieces and nephews and numerous lifetime friends. Services are scheduled for Wednesday November 25 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at North's Memorial Chapel 242 Orange Street. Visitation will be Tuesday evening at North's Memorial Chapel from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Pallbearers are Marc Blackshear Jesse Gossett Sam O'Rear T.J. Jones Jeff Cumby and Billy Cumby. In lieu of flowers the family request donations to Hendrick Hospice Care 1682 Hickory Street Abilene Texas.