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Harry D Lilly Jr. Drowns in Brush Creek

Harry D Lilly Jr. Drowns in Brush Creek
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Harry D Lilly Jr. Drowns in Brush Creek

Harry D Lilly Jr, son of Harry Dickerson Lilly, was born April 9, 1958 and died July 9, 1967.

“Funeral services for Harry D Lilly Jr., 9, son of Harry D and Martha Bealor Lilly Sr. of Dayton, are to be held at 2 PM Wednesday at Windel-Howland Funeral Home, with Reverends George Pleasant and Peter Colburn officiating.”

“The boy drowned while swimming at Euton’s Ford in Brush Creek Sunday.”

“Harry, a student at Horace Mann Elementary School in Dayton, was a Cub Scout and a member of the Beaver Creek Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

“Surviving besides the parents are three brothers, Mark, John, and Daron, and a sister Fonda, all at home and grandmothers, Mrs. WA Lilly2

Porcelain photograph of Harry D Lilly Jr afixed to his monument.

  1. Laura Elizabeth Lilly (nee Hylton) of McDermott Rt 1 and Mrs. Blanche Bealor of West Portsmouth.”

    “Interment is to be in Garvin Cemetery in Lombardsville.”

    “Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM today and until the funeral hour Wednesday.”

    “The family’s favorite charity is the Organ Fund at the Beaver Creek church.”1Harry D Lilly Jr. (1967, July 11). Portsmouth Times, p. 16.

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