title: Billy Ray Latham
text: # Billy Ray Latham
  
  Billy Ray Latham (January 12, 1938, Arkansas – August 19, 2018, Nashville, TN) was an American banjo player. He was best known as a member of the Kentucky Colonels (1961-c.1974). He then joined The Dillards in 1974, and left c.1978.
  
  He died in 2018, having been in poor health for years.
  
  