Meet your 2023 Grand Marshal of the 70th Annual Christmas Parade

These days, you can most likely find Billy K. working in his year, throwin' a line in the lake, or teein' up on the golf course. But if anyone has worked to "deserve" their place on the boat, it's this guy: Bill Kenneth Edwards, lovingly known as Billy K.

Billy K. was born in 1935 in Hickman County, Tennessee, but his family moved and called Lewis County home just a year later. After graduating from LCHS in 1953, he went straight into the United States Navy where he served three years. "I can't say I made it to the very first Christmas Parade, but I was proud to be in the service."

After his t...