Virginia Jo Dillard

Virginia was born on June 4, 1932, to John Paul and Hattie Johnson in Lyerly, Georgia. After she graduated from Lyerly High School, she moved to Atlanta and started work with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. She worked for MetLife for 42 years in Atlanta and Dallas. While still in Georgia, she went on a blind date with George Dillard. It went so well that they married three months later in November 1958. They moved to Dallas for George’s work in 1959. They were married for 18 years and had two children before George passed in 1977.

Virginia enjoyed counted cross stitch, jigsaw and word puzzles. After her retirement in 1994, her favorite hobby was her grandchildren. She attended almost every game and performance of her six grandchildren over the years and enjoyed spending time with each of them. She also was an office volunteer at White Rock United Methodist Church, where she was a faithful member.

Virginia is preceded in death by her parents, John and Hattie Johnson, her husband, George Dillard, her siblings, Mildred Thatch, Wallace Johnson and John Paul Johnson, Jr., and her niece Angie Mitchell.

Virginia is survived by her children, Laura Foster (David) and Michael Dillard (Cindie), her grandchildren, Amanda Pecharich (Brandon), Joshua Dillard (Jenny), Shelby Anderson (Joshua), Leslie Lok (Matthew), Patrick Dillard (Samantha) and Zachary Dillard, her great grandchildren, Kylee, Caleb, and Kelsey Dillard, Brelyn and Avery Anderson, Jaxon, Billie Ann, Colton and Colbie Dillard and Eugene Lok, her sisters, Lillian Bishop, Glenda Perkins (David) and Sharon Taylor, nieces and nephews, the staff and residents of Bradfield Terrace, and friends.

Visitation will be held at Grove Hill Funeral Home from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM on Sunday November 30, 2025 at Grove Hill Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at Grove Hill Cemetery at 1:00 PM on Monday December 1, 2025. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Virginia’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

The family of Virginia Dillard wishes to thank the staff of Bradfield Terrace and Bristol Hospice for caring for her during her last days.

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