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Lillie Marie Williams Boyd, 90

Rock Island resident and Marion County native Lillie Marie Williams Boyd, 90, died Aug. 29 at River Park Hospital after an eight-day illness.

A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Walter A. and Lemma Henry Williams; and was preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe Boyd; grandchildren, David Powers and Lisa Ware; brothers, Herbert and Jess Williams; halfbrothers, Harold, J.W. and Charles Williams; and halfsister, Pauline Harris.

She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Sarah Boyd, Kenneth and Patricia Boyd, all of Chattanooga; daughters and sons-in-law, Lemma and Lloyd Grissom of Tullahoma, Carolyn and Jim Powers, Arlene and Leon Ware, Joyce Boyd, all of Rock Island; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; halfsisters, Christine Gilliam and Billie Lockhart of Manchester.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at High?s Chapel with Vernon Joines and Billy Reed officiating. Burial will follow at White Hill Cemetery in Van Buren County. Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. until time of service Thursday at High?s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 30, 2006

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