BENCIE LILLARD
ADA-Services for Bencie F. Lillard, 92, of Ada are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Bud Ross will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Lillard died Thursday, October 2, 2014 at a local nursing home. He was born November 1, 1921 at Lula, Oklahoma to Paul F. Lewis Lillard and Jessie Mable Baker Lillard. He attended Tupelo grade school and graduated from Stonewall High School in 1941. He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps July 28, 1942 and served as an Aircraft Line Chief, Squadron First Sgt. and Group Sgt/Major. He was honorably discharged December 31, 1945.
He married Alma Newell on February 3, 1946 in Stonewall and they have been married for 68 years. They lived in Wyoming, Montana and Colorado where he served as Area Manager for Lane Wells Company. He and his family moved back to Oklahoma in 1958 where he was employed with Arkla Gas Company, retiring in 1982 and was also a former member of the Stonewall Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Lillard was a member of the Central Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Alma Lillard, of the home; a son, Jim Lillard and wife Linda of Ada; one granddaughter Jaylea Lillard of Ada; a niece Martha O'Rear of Allen, Texas; and a nephew, Lloyd Trease and wife Nelda of Edmond.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Mable Lillard, and three sisters, Nova Jarvis and Nola Trease and Alyene Treas.
Bearers will be Ray Tharp, Gary Wayne Hamilton, Morris McGehee, Glen Ray McDonald, Daniel Jonka, Ernie McDonald and Jody Newberry. Honorary bearers will be Ben Roan, Charles Barrick, Doug and Winnie Yarbrough and Dr. Morgan's Sunday School class members.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada