Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Elizabeth Banta Lilly McGee ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Elizabeth Banta Lilly McGee Elizabeth Banta Lilly McGee, 93, of Greenville died Thursday afternoon at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville. Funeral services are at 10:00 AM, July 19, 2003, at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel with Dr. Leslie Mills officiating. Burial will be in Memoryland Memorial Park. Daughter of Lawrence W. Banta and Ophelia Benton Banta, she was born May 3, 1910, in Cumby. On September 3, 1928, she was married to Herbert (Hub) Lilly in Greenville; he preceded in death in 1957. On December 27, 1979, she was married to Moreland (Scottie) McGee in Durant, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death in 1995. Mrs. McGee was a seamstress and retired from Henson-Kickernick. She was a member of North Baptist Church. Surviving are daughters and son-in-law, Marthell Kirkman and Marvin Kirkman and Kay Carroll, all of Greenville; stepchildren, Joyce Fugitt and Charles Fugitt, Geraldine Berry and Danny Berry, Barbra Chambliss and Larry Chambliss, and Carolyn McGee; grandchildren, Steve Lilly and wife Linda Lilly, Jeff Doerr, Carmen Benjamin, Terri Benjamin, Keith Benjamin, and Kent Kirkman and his wife Tami Kirkman, and Karen Wilson; great-grandchildren, Jacob Lilly, Taylor Kirkman and Zachary Kirkman and Katie Benjamin and Isaac Benjamin; and several nieces and nephews. Her husbands; her parents; a son, Maurice Lilly in 1996; five brothers, and two sisters preceded her in death. Pallbearers will be Charles Fugitt, Travis McGuire, Larry McGee, James Brigman, Bobby Brigman, Billy Boyd Smith, and Duggar Smith. Memorials may be made to North Baptist Church. (July 19, 2003, The Greenville Herald Banner)