Lillian Willis Lowery Rhodes
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Mrs. Rhodes, 92, was born on April 6, 1931, to the union of Francis Davide Willis and Olive Odom Willis. She passed from this life on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Lillian worked as a sales clerk at Abrusley's, Howard Brothers, and Gibson's Department Store. After retirement, she enjoyed baking cakes with her sister, drinking coffee, thrifting, and having garage sales. Lillian never met a stranger and made numerous friends along the way.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Macy C. Rhodes, Jr.; her parents; her fur baby, Mitzie; five brothers, James Willis, Sylvester Willis, Speedia Willis, Julius Willis, and Delbert Willis; and three sisters, Virginia Hess, Mary Jane Willis, and Judith Lyn Perkins.
Those left to mourn her loss and cherish her memory are four brothers, O.K. Willis (Kim), John Lewis Willis (Judie), Cecil Mason Willis, and Billy Wayne Willis; four sisters, Claudia Monk, Bernice Davis (Joe), Larcenia Willis (Ray), and Doris Carter (Philip); and numerous nephews and nieces many of which she considered her own.
A time of visitation will be held in the Chapel of Rush Funeral Home, Oakdale, on Monday, April 1, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until time of services.
Honoring their aunt as pallbearers will be: Timothy Monk, Ricky Monk, Johnny Willis, Wendel Sinclair, Leslie Hess, and Dwayne Willis. Honorary pallbearers will be her nephews, Ervin Willis and Billy Ray Willis.
The Willis family would like to express their sincere appreciation to those who contributed to her well-being for the last seven years, Kinder Retirement & Rehabilitation Center, and Lexington House.
Friends may post online messages of condolences for the Rhodes family by visiting www.rushfh.com
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