{{Infobox person
|name=Billy Nick "Bill N." Courtney<br>
(Business entrepreneur active in the Louisiana Assembly Assemblies of God Church)
|birth_date=Septemnber 29, 1926
|birth_place=Nowata, [[Oklahoma]]
Nine grandchildren (two deceased)
}}
'''Billy Nick Courtney''', known as '''Bill N. Courtney''' (September 29, 1926 – June 20, 2018), was a [[business]] entrepreneur in [[Baton Rouge]] who became a significant figure in the [[Assembly Assemblies of God]] Church in his adopted state of [[Louisiana]].
A native of Nowata in far northeastern, [[Oklahoma]], Courtney was one of five children of James Virgil "J. V." Courtney (1903-2002), born when Oklahoma was still Indian Territory, <ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7121556|title=Virgil James "V.J." Courtney|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com|accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the former Essie I. LaBass (1906-2001). While he was a teenager, the family moved to Baton Rouge, at which he graduated from Istrouma High School. He went on to serve in the United States Merchant Marine and became a pipefitter for nearly two decades for [[Exxon]]. He left the plant to establish Circle Insurance Agency, A & B Equipment Company and later his Courtney Enterprises. He invested in [[real estate]], building houses and developing Courtney's Mobile Home Village and RV Park. For seventy years, he taught [[Sunday school]] in his church. He was Sunday school superintendent for the Bethel Assembly of God Church. He helped with the construction of the Central Assembly of God in Baton Rouge and was Sunday school superintendent under the pastorate of his brother, the late Reverend James Courtney. He also was instrumental in the building of the First Assembly of God, now known as Hosanna and located at 8050 Goodwood Blvd. He served on the Hosanna board, was a [[deacon]] and Sunday school superintendent there. He organized the Baton Rouge Prayer League, headed the Light for the Lost Ministries, and directed the men's ministry for seven years for the Louisiana Assembly of God. He was active too in the Gideon's International ministry, based in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. He ministered to students at [[Louisiana State University]], worked in the prison ministry at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola in West Feliciana Parish, and participated in foreign missions, both in the building of churches and the spreading the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=bill-n-courtney&pid=189374029&fhid=17444&f=portal|title=Bill N. Courtney|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=June 23, 2018|accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>