Northington, William "Billy Joe", 78, died at the Camden Nursing Facility on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. A funeral service will be Friday, July 16, 2017 at Bible Baptist Church in Camden, AL at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Tommy Primm and Dunklin & Daniels Funeral Home of Camden, AL directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Mr. Northington was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Inman Northington; parents, Paul and Era Northington; sisters, Mary Northington Jackson, Bonnie Northington Patterson and Neva Earnistine Seymor and brother, Richard Addison Northington. He is survived by his children, Angela Northington Papaleoni, Jeffery Scott Northington, Margie Centers and Jim Centers; grandchildren, great-grandchildren; siblings, Walter Lee Northington, Ruth Northington Olin and Paul Lafette Northington and a host of nieces, nephews and other family members.