Palestine High School Alumni Association

11 / 15 / 1911  –  07 / 01 / 1985

Services for Dorothy Lester Lilley, 73, of Warner Robbins, GA., will be at 1 A.M. Saturday in Bailey Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Otis Felton officiating. Burial will be Land of Memory Cemetery.

Mrs. Lilley died Wednesday morning in Anderson County Memorial Hospital

A native of Palestine, she was born November 15, 1911, a daughter of John Morgan and Rosa Lee Miller Lester. She was salutatorian of the 1929 graduating class of Palestine High School and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Palestine.

Mrs. Lilley had worked for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad in Palestine as a PBX operator and later as an independent tax accountant. She also operated the Trailways Bus Line Depot in Palestine.

Survivors include a son, George P. Lilley of Warner Robins, GA; a brother, Horace M. Lester of Palestine; a sister, Evelyn Evans of Palestine and two grandchildren.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 07-03-1985