James Patrick Lillis

He was born and reared in New Orleans, LA, the son of the late James Aloysius and Agnes Josephine Conrad Lillis. He attended school at St. Aloysius High School and graduated in 1959. He graduated from L.S.U. with a History Degree. He went into the U.S. Marine Corp. as a Marines Aviation Electronics (MATCU). He was in the service for twelve years, while in Vietnam, he was stationed at Marble Mountain. In 1974 he was married to Elizabeth McCraw in Millington, TN. They moved to the Mifflin Community in Chester County in 1976. Mr. Lillis worked as a computer technician with Northrop Grumman, responsible for the West Tennessee Area.



He is survived by his wife Elizabeth McCraw Lillis of Mifflin; daughters Tammy Skinner of Dallas, TX, Tina Kimball of Tampa, FL and Tracy Kimball of Rota, Spain; four grandchildren and a brother Conrad Lillis of Picayune, MS.



He was preceded in death by a son Franklin James Lillis died August 4, 2006 in an automobile accident in Dallas, TX.