Mrs. Lillie Vance Gillis

Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory of Slocomb

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www.sorrellsfuneralhomes.com.
334-886-7777
Date: Jan 10 2016 3:17 PM

Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory

P.O. Box 159

Slocomb, AL 36375

(334) 886-7777

 

Mrs. Lillie Vance Gillis of Dothan passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Signature Health Care of North Florida. She was 83. 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home with Chaplin Jody Haddan officiating. Burial will follow at New Hinson Baptist Church Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory directing. 

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and continuing until service time. 

Mrs. Gillis was born October 12, 1932 in Covington County to the late Clyde and Ruth Stanley Smith. She was a member of New Hinson Baptist Church. Lillie was a loving mother and caring grandmother who will be dearly missed. 

In addition to her parents, her first husband and the father of her children, Leon Chancellor; her second husband, Francis Adrian Gillis and several brothers and sisters all preceded her in death. 

Survivors include two daughters: Diane Baggett, Wichita Falls, TX and Deborah Inabinett (Walter), Florala; three sons: Robert Wayne Chancellor (Ann), Fadette, Jerry Lavon Chancellor (Diane), Andalusia and Douglas Chancellor (Jane), Pottstown, PA; several brothers and sisters; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; her beloved canine companion, Trooper; several nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.

 

Sorrells Funeral Home and Crematory of Slocomb (334) 886-7777, is in charge of arrangements. "Because We Care ... Is Making A Difference" To sign a guest register, please visit www.sorrellsfuneralhomes.com.

 

 

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