 He was a firefighter and first responder in Union City, Tennessee from 1999-2001.Hodges had been working as the recreational director for Marcus Point Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida prior to joining the Kingdom Heirs; it was his return to performing Gospel music.On October 30, 2010, Billy announced that the problems he was having with his voice in the summer of 2010 had been identified as a lesion on his left vocal cord, and that this made it necessary for him to leave the Kingdom Heirs as of January 2011.