Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in Ater-Wikoff Funeral Home, Macon, with visitation one hour before services. Burial will be in Macon Cemetery, Macon. Memorials: donor's choice.
Mr. Lilly was born in Fayette County on April 19, 1907, the son of Henry and Rachel Sculley Lilly. Shorty farmed in Macon County all of his adult life and served at one time on the Macon School Board. He loved to garden and had a great interest in Indian folklore and Indian artifacts. He married Beulah Lanter on Sept. 17, 1927. He and Beulah celebrated their 69th Wedding Anniversary in September of 1996.
Surviving are his wife; son, Charles and wife Sharon of Decatur; daughter, Norma Nichols and husband Duane of Evansville, Ind.; granddaughters, Denise Goss of Saline, Mich.; Janine Fisher of Evansville, Ind.; great-granddaughters, Heather Goss of Saline, Mich.; Amanda and Amber Fisher, both of Evansville, Ind.; sister, Josephine Long of Greenville.
He was preceded by his parents, daughter, Virgie Lilly, and 11 brothers and sisters.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in Ater-Wikoff Funeral Home, Macon, with visitation one hour before services. Burial will be in Macon Cemetery, Macon. Memorials: donor's choice.
Mr. Lilly was born in Fayette County on April 19, 1907, the son of Henry and Rachel Sculley Lilly. Shorty farmed in Macon County all of his adult life and served at one time on the Macon School Board. He loved to garden and had a great interest in Indian folklore and Indian artifacts. He married Beulah Lanter on Sept. 17, 1927. He and Beulah celebrated their 69th Wedding Anniversary in September of 1996.
Surviving are his wife; son, Charles and wife Sharon of Decatur; daughter, Norma Nichols and husband Duane of Evansville, Ind.; granddaughters, Denise Goss of Saline, Mich.; Janine Fisher of Evansville, Ind.; great-granddaughters, Heather Goss of Saline, Mich.; Amanda and Amber Fisher, both of Evansville, Ind.; sister, Josephine Long of Greenville.
He was preceded by his parents, daughter, Virgie Lilly, and 11 brothers and sisters.
Family Members
-
![]()
Mary Caroline Lilly Goff
1888–1971
-
![]()
William Edmund Lee Lilly
1890–1976
-
![]()
Dotson Baine Lilly Sr
1892–1966
-
![]()
Rachel Frances Lilly Jennings
1894–1970
-
![]()
Lemuel Richard Lilly
1896–1986
-
![]()
George Dewey Lilly
1898–1984
-
![]()
Laura Lelia Lilly Armer
1900–1950
-
![]()
Viola Josephine Lilly Long
1902–1998
-
![]()
Jefferson Davis Lilly
1903–1968
-
![]()
Robert Charles Lilly
1905–1987
-
![]()
Henrietta Vivian Kate Lilly Diveley
1910–1979
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
