Lillie Mae began work for a department store established by Alfred Stephens and Tom Cobb in Brownfield, where she was privileged to attend market in Dallas with Lena Stephens. She was the first Assistant County Auditor for Hockley County and served in that capacity for 28 years.   Lillie Mae married Bob McDonald in 1930 and they operated a cotton gin in Nocona, Texas. Bob passed away in 1946 in Levelland. She later married Walter Reed in 1954 and he died in 1999. She then went to live with her sister and brother in law.

She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Brownfield and the Baptist Church of Nocona. She later became a very dedicated member of First Baptist Church, Levelland, Sunday School teacher, and faithful choir member.  Lillie Mae loved her church, her fellow Christians and her Lord.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother and a sister.

She is survived by her sister, Ima George Willis; her nieces, Reba Willis, Judy Cox, Sydna Bryant and her husband, Ronnie, Mary Sams Howell and Nephew Ross Sams, Jr.; great nieces and nephews, Rhonda, mark, Alanda and Blake Smith, Sonya and Kevin McAullif, Christopher, Lindsay and Lauren Oppel, Edie Bryant, Dennis, Erin and Damon, Jerome, Pam, Ally, and Jerome Vahalik,

Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at First Baptist Church, Levelland with Dr. Steve Vernon, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Terry County Memorial Cemetery, Brownfield, Texas, under direction of George Price Funeral Home, Levelland.

The family will receive friends in the parlor at First Baptist Church, Levelland from 10 a.m., Tuesday until service time. Memorials can be sent to First Baptist Church of Levelland or VistaCare Hospice of Lubbock.

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