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|death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana

|death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana

|religion=[[Baptist]]

|religion=[[Baptist]]

|spouse=(1) Carolyn Tomme McCormack (died)<br>

|spouse=(1) Carolyn Tomme McCormack (married 1950-2005, her death)<br>

(2) Barbara Talley McCormack (married 2006-2012, his death)

(2) Barbara Talley McCormack (married c. 2006-2012, his death)

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

}}

}}

==Death==

==Death==

McCormack died in Shreveport at the age of eighty-three. He was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Carolyn Tomme, and a brother, Dr. Jack McCormack. He was survived by his second wife of six years, the former Barbara Talley; daughters, Victoria Lynn Williams and husband Charles; Patricia Jane McCormack Reeves, and son, William Michael McCormack and his wife, Cynthia. Services were held at the University Worship Center with Dr. Carlos Spaht, II, the son of a 1952 Louisiana gubernatorial candidate, officiating. Interment was at Providence Cemetery in Ringgold in Bienville Parish.<ref name=obit/>

McCormack died in Shreveport at the age of eighty-three. He was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Carolyn Tomme (1933-2005), and a brother, Dr. Jack McCormack. He was survived by his second wife of six years, the former Barbara Talley; daughters, Victoria Lynn Williams and husband Charles; Patricia Jane McCormack Reeves, and son, William Michael McCormack and his wife, Cynthia. Services were held at the University Worship Center with Dr. Carlos Spaht, II, the son of a 1952 Louisiana gubernatorial candidate, officiating. Interment was at Providence Cemetery in Ringgold in Bienville Parish.<ref name=obit/>

Daniel Eugene "Dan" Perkins (born 1953), a Republican state senatorial candidate in 1999 against the late Ronald Bean<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 23, 1999|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref> and a Christian Coalition member, served as a pallbearer at McCormack's funeral. Of McCormack, Perkins said: "Though he influenced thousands worldwide, Pastor McCormack would cancel his plans and return home every time a member of his congregation was in need. That repeated scenerio displayed his true heart and "calling" as a pastor above all else. ..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/shreveporttimes/guestbook.aspx?n=billy-mccormack&pid=157873526|title=Billy Ervin McCormack|publisher=legacy.com|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref>

Daniel Eugene "Dan" Perkins (born 1953), a Republican state senatorial candidate in 1999 against the late Ronald Bean<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 23, 1999|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref> and a Christian Coalition member, served as a pallbearer at McCormack's funeral. Of McCormack, Perkins said: "Though he influenced thousands worldwide, Pastor McCormack would cancel his plans and return home every time a member of his congregation was in need. That repeated scenerio displayed his true heart and "calling" as a pastor above all else. ..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/shreveporttimes/guestbook.aspx?n=billy-mccormack&pid=157873526|title=Billy Ervin McCormack|publisher=legacy.com|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref>