his lord on Monday, November 4, 2019. His accomplishments were many. He served his country in the
Tennessee National Guard and was a graduate of LSU School of Banking. He was Jackson Jaycees “Man
of the Year” in 1968, served as President of Jackson State Bank and First Tennessee Bank from 1969 until
his retirement in 1981. During these years he was elected as Board Chairman of Jackson Madison
County General Hospital in April 1970 and served for thirteen years. In 1977 he was elected board
chairman for Union University and served as a board member of the Installment Credit Committee of
the American Banking Association and the Jackson Exchange Club. In In 1982 he joined Commercial
Bank and Trust in Paris Tennessee as their president. In later years he was a financial planner is own
firm, Lillard and Associates in Germanton. He was ordained as a Deacon of First Baptist Church of
Jackson Tennessee in 1963 at the age of 28. He was later a Sunday School teacher at First Baptist
Church, Paris Tennessee.
He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Nell Pitcock Lillard. He leaves also his children, Thomas D.
Lillard (Yonhui), Fara Lillard Hall (Ben), Susanne Elisabeth Lillard, Patricia Lillard Coffey (Roger), Andrea
Stubblefield, Alden Lillard Long (Scott Pickett), and Dr. Jock Carrington Lillard (Cailyn). Surviving
grandchildren are Caleb N. Lillard, Ben H. Hall III, Kimberleigh Annette Lillard, Caroline Rebekah Lillard,
William Harrison Hall, Isabella Stubblefield and Mya Long. He is also survived by two sisters, Mildred
Prescott and Sue Harvey. Preceding him in death are his son, John D. Lillard II, parents John D. and
Myrtle Polk Lillard, sister Elizabeth Powell and brothers Edwin Polk Lillard and Robert Lillard.
He lived his life serving and seeking his Savior, Jesus Christ, and loved his Lord above all else, followed
by his love for family, from whom he knew his greatest happiness.
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