Billy "Booper" Joe Loden

Billy Joe Loden was born on August 4th, 1977, the son of Diana Pearl Loden and Nathan Wayne Irvin in Danville, IL. Later Diana married Vern McDaniels who raised Billy as his own. Billy married Charity Bush, August 28th, 1996, and together they had 4 beautiful children, Breanna (Charles) Green of Paducah, KY, Madison Torres or Danville, IL, Dakota (Taylor) Loden of Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Clhoee Loden of Tilton, IL. They later divorced and Billy met Kristy Acree and together they had their beautiful daughter Gracie Loden. Billy loved to be outside. He spent most of his time working on vehicles and sound equipment as well as driving around with his music loud. Those who knew Billy know how passionate he was about music. He was always the go to music guy when it came to celebrations and get togethers. Billy loved to make people laugh and if you ever were blessed with his presence, you always left happier than when you came. 

Billy is survived by his sisters, Jamie (Mark) Thompson of Crawfordsville, IN, Shane (Eric) Shanks of Danville, IL and Misty (Mike) Ross of Georgetown, IL, as well as four aunts, Patricia, Linda, Rita and Janey. He is also survived by his five children, one stepdaughter, Amanda (Corbin) Donnelly of Tilton, IL, one granddaughter, Nova, two step grandchildren, Alaina and Maverick, his girlfriend Kourtnee, many cousins and several nieces and nephews. 

Billy is preceded in death by both paternal and maternal grandparents, both of his parents and several aunts and uncles.

A celebration of Billy's life will be on Saturday, May 28th, 2022, at Abundant Life Church beginning at 4:00 p.m. with food and fellowship immediately after. Online condolences: www.rortvedtfuneralservices.com.

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