Obituaries:  James Otha Lilley, Sabine Parish       L-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 26, 1981
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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  James Otha Lilley

  Services for James Otha Lilley, 51, of Ruston, were held at 2
p.m., Nov. 19, at Mineral Springs Baptist Church in Ruston. The
Rev. Fred Roberson, and Rev. Jimmy Lilley officiated. Burial was
in Mineral Springs Cemetery.

  He died at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Lincoln General
Hospital in Ruston. Mr. Lilley, a former employee of Ark-La-Gas,
had been a contractor for the past five years, and was a Deacon
at the Mineral Springs Baptist Church. He was a native of
Pleasant Hill, and a veteran of the Korean conflict.

  He is survived by his widow, Helen Webb Lilley of Ruston; two
daughters, Debra L. Martin of Dubach, La., and Sue L. Cranford of
Ruston; one son, Gary Lilley of Ruston; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. Lilley of Pleasant Hill; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Brown of
Haughton, Mrs. Joy Wilden, and Mrs. Carolyn Nichols of Houston,
Tex.; and two grandchildren, Annie Marie Cranford, and James Oda
Lilley.

  Family requests any planned memorials be made to the Mineral
Springs Baptist Church General Funds.