Lucille A. Hilliard of Picher died
Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at Eastwood Manor
Nursing Center after an illness. She
was 83.
She was born Feb. 17, 1926, in Duenweg,
Mo., to Orville and Effie Mary (Drennon)
Pittman.
She was a nursing aid for Eastern State
Hospital. She was a member of the First
Christian Church in Cardin. She was
preceded in death by her husband,
Lester; her parents; one daughter, Linda
Lee Edens on Jan. 15, 1987; three
sisters, Jewel Nichols, Lou Jensen and
Madolyn Pittman; one granddaughter,
Dorrie Lucille Hilliard on Aug. 3, 2007,
and one great-grandson,
Samuel Don Berry.
Survivors include one son, J. Lester
Hilliard of Miami; two daughters, Carol
Mautte of Picher and Billie Smith of
Miami, 13 grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at
Council House Cemetery, southeast of
Wyandotte. Pastor Bill Richey will
officiate.
The family will receive friends from 6
to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Paul Thomas
Funeral Home in Miami.