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James Willis Lilly

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James Willis Lilly

Birth
Ellison Ridge, Summers County, West Virginia, USA
Death
12 Aug 1947 (aged 61)
Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Ellison Ridge, Summers County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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James Willis Lilly was born in Lilly, WV, the fifth child of James Floyd "Jim Bench" Lilly and Margaret Maywood Harvey. He worked as a logger, school teacher, farmer and postmaster.
He married first, Birdie Pearl Cox and
second, Elsie Mae Pack, widow of Uriah Elliot Cox
During his lifetime, Willis fathered thirteen children and was stepfather to four of his second wife's children by her first husband.
Children with Birdie
Vivian Lena Lilly (27 Apr 1908 - 11 Apr 1933)
Nettie Lesby Lilly (3 Jan 1909 - 15 Apr 1966)
Clarence Lester Lilly (9 Mar 1911 - 13 Jun 1922)
Wilma Lotus Lilly (7 Aug 1913 - 1 Oct 1992)
Ora Elma Lilly (27 Jan 1916 - 24 Oct 1991)
Roxie Mae Lilly (11 Oct 1917 - 4 Jul 1918)

Children with May
Velmer Clayton Lilly (13 Apr 1920 - 29 November 1985)
Leonard Calvin "Hugh" Lilly (17 Mar 1922 - 6 July 1994)
Lithena Margaret Lilly (19 Jun 1924 - 22 Apr 1991)
Dewey Baxter Lilly (13 Feb 1926 - 23 Feb 1990)
Joseph Russell "Gabby" Lilly (8 Jan 1928 - 27 Aug 1994)
James Finley "Bud" Lilly (1 Mar 1930 - 26 Jul 1984)
Julius Quentin Lilly (6 Aug 1933 - 14 Jun 2017)

Step Children
Clytie Amber Cox (14 Mar 1910 - 15 Jul 1995)
Ibra Guy Cox (19 Apr 1912 - 13 Jun 1994)
Waldo Cox (8 Nov 1914 - 11 Aug 1993)
Cassie Alifare Cox (14 Jan 1917 - 15 Mar 1999)
James Willis Lilly was born in Lilly, WV, the fifth child of James Floyd "Jim Bench" Lilly and Margaret Maywood Harvey. He worked as a logger, school teacher, farmer and postmaster.
He married first, Birdie Pearl Cox and
second, Elsie Mae Pack, widow of Uriah Elliot Cox
During his lifetime, Willis fathered thirteen children and was stepfather to four of his second wife's children by her first husband.
Children with Birdie
Vivian Lena Lilly (27 Apr 1908 - 11 Apr 1933)
Nettie Lesby Lilly (3 Jan 1909 - 15 Apr 1966)
Clarence Lester Lilly (9 Mar 1911 - 13 Jun 1922)
Wilma Lotus Lilly (7 Aug 1913 - 1 Oct 1992)
Ora Elma Lilly (27 Jan 1916 - 24 Oct 1991)
Roxie Mae Lilly (11 Oct 1917 - 4 Jul 1918)

Children with May
Velmer Clayton Lilly (13 Apr 1920 - 29 November 1985)
Leonard Calvin "Hugh" Lilly (17 Mar 1922 - 6 July 1994)
Lithena Margaret Lilly (19 Jun 1924 - 22 Apr 1991)
Dewey Baxter Lilly (13 Feb 1926 - 23 Feb 1990)
Joseph Russell "Gabby" Lilly (8 Jan 1928 - 27 Aug 1994)
James Finley "Bud" Lilly (1 Mar 1930 - 26 Jul 1984)
Julius Quentin Lilly (6 Aug 1933 - 14 Jun 2017)

Step Children
Clytie Amber Cox (14 Mar 1910 - 15 Jul 1995)
Ibra Guy Cox (19 Apr 1912 - 13 Jun 1994)
Waldo Cox (8 Nov 1914 - 11 Aug 1993)
Cassie Alifare Cox (14 Jan 1917 - 15 Mar 1999)

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