Eileen Lillard

CLEVELAND Eileen Pirkle Lillard, 90, passed away Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, in a local healthcare facility. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Mrs. Lillard was retired from Sears Roebuck and Hall Chevrolet as bookkeeper and accountant.She was preceded in death by her husband, T.R. "Ted" Lillard; her parents, Roscoe Pirkle and Theodosia Ward Pirkle; sister, Mary Lou Pirkle Rice; brothers: Floyd Pirkle, Lawrence Pirkle and Ward Pirkle.Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Gerald and Diane Lillard, of Cleveland; stepson and daughter-in-law, Danny and Marilyn Lillard, of Lake Sherwood, Mo.; grandchildren, Cindy Phillips and husband, Robert, of Benton, Kevin Lillard and wife, Casey, of St. Charles, Mo.; seven great grandchildren, Amber Coblentz and Will Coblentz, of Cleveland, Kristina, Miranda and Jackie Phillips, of Benton, Jessica Lillard and Scott Lillard, both of St. Charles, Mo.; sisters-in-law: Bess Pirkle, of Cleveland, Sue Posey, of Cleveland, Betty Lillard, of Cleveland, and Doris Lillard, of Huntsville, Ala.; brother-in-law, D.G. Lillard Jr. and wife, Peggy, of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, in the chapel of Fike Funeral Home with the Rev. Frank Nolen officiating. Interment will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at 11 a.m. in Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with nephews and grandsons serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home prior to the service.The family request memorials be made to the Bradley County Public Education Foundation, PO Box 4354, Cleveland, TN 37320, 423-476-0034We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Lillard family guestbook at www.fikefh.com.