Rains County Leader

May 11, 2004

Lillian Pearl Willingham
1938 - 2004

Funeral services for Lillian Pearl Willingham, 65, of Emory were held at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 6, with Bro. Homer Morgan officiating.  Burial was in Smyrna Cemetery with DeWayne Burns, James Cannaday, Mark Coats, Josh Willingham, Bradley Willingham, Cory Bates and Craig Perkins serving as pallbearers.  Mrs. Willingham died Tuesday, May 4, at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler.  She was born in Emory on Dec. 7, 1938, to Willie A. and Bessie L. Shedd Byram. She married Charles Russell Willingham on March 6, 1958, in Balch Springs. She was a retired dry cleaner. Mrs. Willingham was a member of the Assembly of God Church.  Survivors include sons, Charles Ray Willingham and wife Carla of Grand Saline, Gary Wayne Willingham and wife Kiristin of Terrell, and Donald Chris Willingham and Kim of Grand Saline; daughters, Sandra Marshall and husband Steve of Mesquite, Annette Middleton and husband Donnie of Balch Springs, and Cindie Pauline Mitchell of Grand Saline; sisters, Geneva Coats of Emory, Esta Lee Pope of Alba, and Betty Shreeves of Point; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three brothers, and two sisters.