Olivia Howard Tillery

Olivia Howard Tillery, 82, returned to our Lord and Savior while surrounded by her loving family on the evening of the Spring Equinox, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. She was proud to be born in Clay County, Kentucky to Herbert “John” Howard and Emma Marie (McDaniel) Howard and retired after over 30 years in the Insurance Industry.

She was preceded in death by both of her loving parents, her only son; Jerry W. Colville and 3 husbands; Randall Gene Colville, Jefferson Davis Tillery and Bobby Dean Campbell, Sr.

She is survived and blessed by 3 loving daughters; Susan Colville, Denise Rene (Colville) O'Connell and Vernia (Colville) Proctor, 1 daughter-in-law; Barbara (Johnson) Colville, 2 son-in-laws; Rick Markham and Steven Peters, 1 loving sister; Anda (Howard) Banks, 3 brother-in-laws; Donald Banks, Jerry O. and Jimmy Colville, 2 sister-in-laws; Barbara and Maxine Colville, and 11 grandchildren; Christina Colville-Weaver, Justin Colville, Emily (Colville) Wahlgren, Jason Hager, Jennifer Nicole McConnell-Cannon, JC

LaForce, Brennan J. O'Connell, Jeffrey W. O'Connell, Joshua M. Matthews, Jesse J. Proctor, and Brandi'lyn N. Proctor. Olivia is additionally blessed with a lifelong best friend; Mona Darnell, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and great grandchildren. She was the family

Matriarch and will be greatly missed. She loved to travel, the Spring and Fall seasons for their vibrant colors, cardinals, hummingbirds, music and flowers; most especially Pink Roses, Prayer Plants and Easter Lilies. She had no favorite colors and claimed to love them all.

In Lieu of flowers, please donate to ALZ.org for Dementia related research and/or Sanctuarychurch.tv of whom were with her, guided her and supported the family through her journey home.

Special Thanks To: Pastor Robert Pitman, Evan Butler, Melinda Hill, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mitchell and the congregation of Sanctuary Church for their services and prayers, U of L Trauma ICU doctors, nurses and staff for the attentive care they provided her, U of L Palliative Care for keeping her comfortable, a special nurse by the name of “Autumn” in the U of L Emergency/Trauma Unit for her kindness and gentleness, the U of L Chaplains for praying with and for her, Hosparus Health and last but not least to all whom love and support the family members of this loss.

A Funeral service will be held on Sunday April 7th at 2:00pm at Arch L Heady at Resthaven Funeral Home. A visitation will be on Sunday April 7th from 12 until service time.