BILL EADS

MULBERRY, Kan.- A celebration of life will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Daniel Funeral Home in Lamar, Mo., for William Dewain “Wild Bill” Eads, 55, Mulberry, who died unexpectedly on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at his home. The family will receive friends from 3 p.m. until the service time on Thursday. Please come ready to share great memories and your favorite "Wild Bill" story.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Eads family, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his wife, Rebecca, of the home; two daughters, Rachel Edwards, Carthage, Mo. and Jasmine Taylor, of the home; a son, Anthony Taylor, Nevada, Mo.; three brothers, Leroy Eads and wife Kari, Crane, Mo., Ted Eads and wife Cindy, Pineville, Mo. and DeWaine Hammack and wife Kara, Wentworth, Mo. and two grandchildren, Levi and Emily Taylor, Nevada, Mo.

Mr. Eads was born July 28, 1961, at Port Smith, Va., to William B. and Connie (Carroll) Eads. He had lived in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas, working as a heavy equipment mechanic and miner in rock quarries for many years. As a young man he was a fearless bull rider on the rodeo circuit, an avid outdoorsman who was at home at a campsite and an accomplished dog trainer who delighted in watching his bird dogs run. Music was a great influence throughout his life and his guitars were among his most prized possessions. He was a walking encyclopedia when it came to classic cars and had a passion for Harley-Davidson motorcycles, many of which he restored or built from the ground up. A hard-working man of many interests, talents and hobbies, his true devotion was his wife Becky and his family.

He married Rebecca Howell on Nov. 21, 2003, at Mulberry.