Bill lived in various locations including Vicksburg, Mississippi; Houston; Beaumont; and Lumberton before settling in Kountze where he lived for thirty-five years. Bill retired  from ADT and Gulf Coast Electric Company.

Survivors include his wife, Irene Brown; children, Kathy Bailor and her husband, Donald, of Pearland; Tommy Malone and his wife, Vickie, of Hillister; Billy Malone and his wife, Barbara; Daniel Brown and his wife, Diana; Otha Brown and his wife, Becky; and Roy Brown and his wife, Tessa, all of Kountze; grandchildren, Senior Master Sergeant Michael Wright, and his wife, Linda, of Abilene; Joey Evans; Angela Evans; and Amanda Rice and her husband, Johnny, all of Lumberton; Ashley Olivier and her husband, Johnathan, of Kirbyvlle; Chris Malone and his wife, Courtney, of Deer Park; Danielle Deaton; Jeremy Brown; Niki Brown; Jessica Brown; Justin Brown; and Alex Brown; great-grandchildren, Owen Bailor, Jack Bailor, Madelyn Wright, Hayden Tucker, Grayson Tucker, Weston Rice, Hallie Rice; Rylee Olivier; and Charlei Olivier; and sister, Gayle Kirby of Carthage, Mississippi. 

He is preceded in death by his parents; grandson, Sergeant James Wright; and sisters, Dorothy Maddox, Willeen Quick, and Bobbie Nell McLemore.

A gathering of Mr. Malone's family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Broussard's, 530 West Monroe, Kountze.  His funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Happy Valley Baptist Church, 4069 Villa Road, Kountze, with his interment to follow at Old Hardin Cemetery, Kountze.