Obituaries:  Mrs. W. J. Lilly, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       L-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 17, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 



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Mrs. W. J. Lilly

  Mrs. W. J. Lilly, 71, of Shreveport, died at 9:20 a.m., Saturday,
in Physicians and Surgeons Hospital, after a short illness.

  Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, in the Osborn
Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Roy E. Mouser, pastor of Mangum
Memorial United Methodist Church, officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Clarence Berley. Burial was in the Beulah Cemetery in Marthaville.

  Mrs. Lilly had resided in Shreveport for 10 years, and was a native
of Marthaville. She was a retired school teacher from Sabine Parish
schools, and a member of the Mangum Memorial United Methodist Church,
where she was a member of the Workers Sunday School Class.

  Survivors include one son, W. G. Lilly of Florien; two daughters,
Madeline Lilly, and Mrs. R. H. Huffman, both of Shreveport; her
mother, Mrs. C. M. Durr of Marthaville; four brothers, Leo Durr,
John Durr, Lester Durr, and Bert Durr, all of Marthaville; three
sisters, Jo Evelyn Newman of Lake Charles, Alice Bruce, and Roberta
Hilton, both of Shreveport; five grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
 
  Pallbearers were Lamar Salter, Joe Anderson, Dick Miller, Haskell
Lowe, Will Lott, and Melvin Miller.