Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Fairfield Recorder newspaper



Lila Mae (Willis) West

Funeral services were held earlier this month for Lila Mae West, 56, of Butler 
who died Tuesday, April 1.

Ms. West was born in Freestone county on June 28, 1951 to parents Adam and 
Oseline Willis.  She attended school in Butler and graduated from high school in
1969. Ms. West also attended Fairfield barber school and was member of the 
Butler Alumni Association and the NAACP. She worked as mental retardation 
assistant for over 20 years at the Mexia State School.

Services were held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 7, at the First Baptist Church of
Fairfield with Rev. Darrell Houston officiating.

The eulogy was given by L.J. Manning and interment followed at Shiloh Cemetery 
in Oakwood.

Ms. West is survived by sons Bernard McGee and Kinte West; mother Oseline Willis
Wade; brother Clois Dean "Jerri" Wade; nieces Kisha, Anna and Ashley Wade; 
nephews Clois Wade, Jr., Quincey Edwards, Adam Wade and Joshua Jones; great 
nieces Jazmine and Laela; and aunts Ailene Mims, Barbara Butts, Eula Bills, 
Climmie Sanders, Elvira Perry and Harriet Relerford.

She is preceded in death by father Adam Wade; sister Alzadia Nary; and 
grandparents Robert and Gertrude Wade.

Arrangements by Emmanuel Funeral Home of Teague.