Obituaries:  James Oda Lilley, Sabine Parish       L-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 13, 1994
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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James Oda Lilley

  Services for James Oda Lilley, 85, will be held at 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday, July 13, 1994, at Spring Ridge Baptist Church in
Pleasant Hill, La. Officiating will be Rev. Jimmy Dan Lilley of
Chattanooga, Tenn., assisted by Rev. Billy Pierce, pastor of
Cypress Baptist Church in Benton, La. Burial will be in Spring
Ridge Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, La.

  The family will greet friends from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July
12, at Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel.

  Mr. Lilley died Sunday, July 10, at Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home,
Bossier City, La. He was born in Sabine Parish, La., where he had
been a lifelong resident of Pleasant Hill. Mr. Lilley was a
retired farmer, a deacon at the Emmanuel Baptist Church in
Pleasant Hill, and was also a member of the Cattlemen's Dairy
Association.

  He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Greer Lilley; son
James Otha Lilley; and daughter, Helen McDonald.

  Survivors include a daughter, Odie LaJoice Wolden of Houston,
Tex., Carolyn and husband Clay Nichols of Houston, Tex., Ruth and
husband Vol Dooley of Bossier City, La.; brothers, Jimmy Dan
Lilley of Chattanooga, Tenn., Raymond Lilley of Shreveport,
William Lilley of Natchitoches, Charles Lilley, Marshall Lilley,
Douglas Lilley, Davis Lilley, Joseph Lilley, Eddy Lilley of
Mansfield, La.; grandchildren, Wayne Wolden, Rebekah Hawkins,
Melissa Nichols of Houston, Tex., Debra Martin, Sue Billberry,
Gary Lilley of Ruston, La., Ellis McDonald, Coy McDonald, Stanley
McDonald of Florien, La., Autry Brown, Dennis Brown of Bossier
City, La., Ricky Brown of Little Rock, Ark.; 19 great
grandchildren.

  Pallbearers will be Autrey Brown, Ricky Brown, Coy McDonald,
Gary Lilley, and Farrell Martin.