Billy Delano Stites

Billy Delano Stites, 89, of West Hanover Township, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2024.

Born July 6, 1935 in Creal Springs, Illinois, he was a son of the late Willie and Jewell (Segers) Stites, the widower of Neva Ruth Stites since November 25, 2007 and preceded in death by daughter Nathalee Roseanna Stites.

Billy was a horse owner at Penn National Race Course and a U. S. Army veteran.  A member of East Shore Baptist Church and Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, he was former President of the Chaplaincy Board at Penn National.  When living in Kentucky, Billy was a former deacon at Spears Mill Baptist Church.

Surviving are his son Flint Wayne Stites (Christine); daughters Nathalynn Ruth Tingle (David) and Rosellen Hazel Rhoades (Daniel); ten grandchildren; and eleven great  grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held 12:00 Noon Friday, January 3, 2025 at the race track kitchen at Penn National Race Course, Grantville.  Private interment, with military honors, will be held at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Race Track Chaplaincy of America, Central Penn Division, PO Box 88, Grantville, PA 17028 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

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