Billy "Pickle" Nutt, Sr. Funeral services for Billy "Pickle" Nutt, Sr., 80 of Marshall will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday January 15, 2011 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Rodger Garbs, Dr. Pat Day and Mark Sorenson officiating.. Interment will follow at Colonial Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. The family will receive friends from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Friday January 14, 2011 at the funeral home. Mr. Nutt passed away Wednesday January 12, 2011 in Marshall. Billy Nutt, Sr. was born July 28, 1930 in Texas to Reuben Nutt and Ivy Irene Gregory Nutt. He later married Loreta Ray Crumpler on July 24, 1955. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Marshall. Billy retired in 1990 as manager of the Borden Milk Company after 43 years of service. He served in the 49th Tank Battalion of the National Guard. He was a professional golfer at Marshall Lakeside and Oaklawn and was an avid sportsman. Surviving Billy are his wife 55 years, Miss Loreta Nutt of Marshall; three sons, Billy E. Nutt, II and wife Kackie of Marshall, Joe Dale Nutt of Houston and Tim Nutt and wife Cindy of The Woodlands; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brother, Bobby Nutt and wife Fleta of Marshall and sister, Jean Nutt Farraro and husband Pat of Cushing, Texas; sister and brother-in-law, Dr. Jack and Dinah Cash; brother-in-law, Ronnie Crumpler and wife Shelia and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by sister, Peggy Nutt Sorenson and brother, Richard Bryan Nutt. Serving as pallbearers will be Ben Wood, Robert Duvall, Don Yeatmon, Don Tittle, Clay Estes and Bill Sharp. Honorary pallbearers are his many personal friends. The family would like to thank Dr. Kimberly Barbolla and Dr. Philip Cole and his other medical proffesionals for their loving care. The family request memorials be made to First United Methodist Church 300 E. Houston St., Marshall, Texas 75670. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.downsfuneralhome.com