Memorial services for the Hon. Roy Miller Lilly will be held at 4:00 p.m.
on Tuesday July 3, 2012 at First United Methodist Church in Thomasville,
Georgia. He passed away at home on June 29.
Judge Lilly was born in Quitman, Georgia on May 10, 1919, the youngest
child of H. F. and Augusta Raysor Lilly. He graduated from Quitman High
School in 1936; attended Norman Park Junior College and graduated from
Mercer Law School in 1939, afterward taking a job in Thomasville with
William W. Alexander and T. Hayward Vann.
During World War II he served in the United States Navy first as a
recruiter in Valdosta, and finally aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Woolsey in
the Pacific.
In 1947 he married Mary Frances Brown of Quitman.
After the war, he rejoined Mr. Alexander and Mr. Vann to form the law
firm of Alexander, Vann & Lilly where he practiced until 1979 when he was
appointed a Superior Court judge in the Southern Judicial Circuit. He
served actively until 1994 when he took senior status. As a Senior Judge
he continued to preside over cases until 2007 when he fully retired.
Judge Lilly was active in First United Methodist Church for more than 60
years where he served as an officer and Sunday School teacher.
He became a Thomasville City Commissioner in 1958; and from 1962 until
1971 was Mayor of Thomasville.
In 1963 Judge Lilly was named the man of the year for City of Thomasville.
He chaired a number of boards in Thomasville including Commercial Bank,
Davis Water & Waste Industries, Archbold Hospital and Thomasville
Landmarks.
Judge Lilly is survived by his wife, Mary Frances Lilly; their three
children, Roy M. Lilly, Jr. Eleanor, Lavinia L. Krech and George R.
Lilly, II Nelray; their grandchildren A. William Krech, III, Hull S.
Krech Rebecca, David H. Krech, Mary Lawrence L. Lang Ashley, Roy M.
Lilly, III, Frances R. Lilly, Laura L. Cotten Graham and George R.
Lilly, III; and their great-grandchildren, Hull S. Krech, Jr., Noah T.
Krech and A. Pierce Lang, Jr.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Thomasville First United
Methodist Church, the Archbold Foundation or another charity of the
donor's choice.
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on Tuesday July 3, 2012 at First United Methodist Church in Thomasville,
Georgia. He passed away at home on June 29.
Judge Lilly was born in Quitman, Georgia on May 10, 1919, the youngest
child of H. F. and Augusta Raysor Lilly. He graduated from Quitman High
School in 1936; attended Norman Park Junior College and graduated from
Mercer Law School in 1939, afterward taking a job in Thomasville with
William W. Alexander and T. Hayward Vann.
During World War II he served in the United States Navy first as a
recruiter in Valdosta, and finally aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Woolsey in
the Pacific.
In 1947 he married Mary Frances Brown of Quitman.
After the war, he rejoined Mr. Alexander and Mr. Vann to form the law
firm of Alexander, Vann & Lilly where he practiced until 1979 when he was
appointed a Superior Court judge in the Southern Judicial Circuit. He
served actively until 1994 when he took senior status. As a Senior Judge
he continued to preside over cases until 2007 when he fully retired.
Judge Lilly was active in First United Methodist Church for more than 60
years where he served as an officer and Sunday School teacher.
He became a Thomasville City Commissioner in 1958; and from 1962 until
1971 was Mayor of Thomasville.
In 1963 Judge Lilly was named the man of the year for City of Thomasville.
He chaired a number of boards in Thomasville including Commercial Bank,
Davis Water & Waste Industries, Archbold Hospital and Thomasville
Landmarks.
Judge Lilly is survived by his wife, Mary Frances Lilly; their three
children, Roy M. Lilly, Jr. Eleanor, Lavinia L. Krech and George R.
Lilly, II Nelray; their grandchildren A. William Krech, III, Hull S.
Krech Rebecca, David H. Krech, Mary Lawrence L. Lang Ashley, Roy M.
Lilly, III, Frances R. Lilly, Laura L. Cotten Graham and George R.
Lilly, III; and their great-grandchildren, Hull S. Krech, Jr., Noah T.
Krech and A. Pierce Lang, Jr.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Thomasville First United
Methodist Church, the Archbold Foundation or another charity of the
donor's choice.
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