Douglas A. Billings

Jan 22, 2023
Jan 22, 2023

Bremen — Douglas A. Billings, 70, of Bremen, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 at Deaconess Henderson Hospital. Mr. Billings was born in Kegley, WV, on April 10, 1952. He was a retired welder of 40 years from the National Boilermakers of America and a member of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Billings; daughter, Shelicia Billings; granddaughter, Natalia Carl; step children, Troy (Kelly) Allen, Bobbie (John) Hensley, Leigh Ann Dukes, Whitney (Tyler) Piper; several brothers and sisters, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 at Tucker Funeral Home. Visitation: noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.

Expressions of sympathy: www.tuckerfuneralhomes.com.

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Out Of Work In America

New York Times Project

In summer 2020, The New York Times coordinated a nationwide project to document the lives of Americans out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved collaborating with 11 other local newsrooms around the U.S. The Messenger-Inquirer was the only newspaper from Kentucky in the collaboration. The resulting collection of stories was published Oct. 23, 2020, in the New York Times print edition and at nytimes.com/outofwork. The following list is the Messenger-Inquirer's local unemployment coverage from that time period; read more by clicking the "New York Times Project" header. Click on "Out Of Work In America" to go to the full