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Lillie May <I>Mingus</I> Pyatt

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Lillie May Mingus Pyatt

Birth
Wright County, Missouri, USA
Death
9 Nov 1951 (aged 70)
Wright County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Hartville, Wright County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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LILLIE MAY PYATT, 70, daughter of Rev. J. P. and Julia (Connolly) Mingus, was born May 9, 1881
in Wright County, Mo. and entered into rest at her home near Odin, Mo. on November 10, 1951.
She attended New Grove School in her childhood and later she engaged in the millinery
business. She was an excellent seamstress and much of her life was spent in sewing for others.
She professed faith in Christ as her Savior at the age of 11 and united with the Mount Zion
Baptist Church. She taught a Sunday school class almost all her Christian life. She was
superintendent of Mount Zion Sunday School for several years. She was married to William
John Pyatt on March 11, 1914. Although this couple had no children of their own, they took into
their home and reared three nieces and a nephew who were left motherless. She was preceded in
death by her husband who passed away June 10, 1945; her parents; three brothers, James, Claude
and Jefferson Mingus; six sisters, Docia Railsback, Lola Wampler, Sadie Walling, Verna
Deckard, Anna and Martha Mingus. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Clara Gollihar and Mrs.
Edna Bixler; foster son, Ralph Walling; three foster daughters, Mrs. Emmett Murphy, Mrs. Don
Pratt and Mrs. Annabel England. Burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery
LILLIE MAY PYATT, 70, daughter of Rev. J. P. and Julia (Connolly) Mingus, was born May 9, 1881
in Wright County, Mo. and entered into rest at her home near Odin, Mo. on November 10, 1951.
She attended New Grove School in her childhood and later she engaged in the millinery
business. She was an excellent seamstress and much of her life was spent in sewing for others.
She professed faith in Christ as her Savior at the age of 11 and united with the Mount Zion
Baptist Church. She taught a Sunday school class almost all her Christian life. She was
superintendent of Mount Zion Sunday School for several years. She was married to William
John Pyatt on March 11, 1914. Although this couple had no children of their own, they took into
their home and reared three nieces and a nephew who were left motherless. She was preceded in
death by her husband who passed away June 10, 1945; her parents; three brothers, James, Claude
and Jefferson Mingus; six sisters, Docia Railsback, Lola Wampler, Sadie Walling, Verna
Deckard, Anna and Martha Mingus. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Clara Gollihar and Mrs.
Edna Bixler; foster son, Ralph Walling; three foster daughters, Mrs. Emmett Murphy, Mrs. Don
Pratt and Mrs. Annabel England. Burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery

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