Beatrice Cuthrell Lilley Woolard | Eastern NC Now

Born: October 9, 1924, Died: September 21, 2018

    Mrs. Beatrice Cuthrell Lilley Woolard, age 93, a resident of Pinetown, NC died Friday September 21, 2018 at her home.

    A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday September 24, 2018 in the Chapel of Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington and will be officiated by John Mark Windley. Burial will follow in Pamlico Memorial Gardens. Robert W. Lilley, Mitchell R. Lilley, Jeffrey L. Lilley, Stan N. Ainsley, Justin M. Lilley, and William Everett will serve as pallbearers.

    Mrs. Woolard was born on October 9, 1924 to the late Robert Soreful Cuthrell and Ella Lee Roscoe Cuthrell. On July 9, 1944 she married Robert H. Lilley who preceded her in death on January 25, 1981. In 1983 she married James Edward "Tommy" Woolard who preceded her in death on February 25, 1998. Mrs. Woolard enjoyed vegetable gardening, going shopping, flowers and collecting doll babies for the home. She was fond of her time as a nurse and her work in home health. Mrs. Woolard was a member of Shiloh Free Will Baptist Church.

    Survivors include her daughter, Virginia Ainsley and husband Dwight of Washington, her son, Marshall L. Lilley and wife Joann of Pinetown, a daughter-in-law Betty Lilley, seven grandchildren, Robert W. Lilley, Mitchell R. Lilley, Jeffrey L. Lilley, Dwight D. Ainsley, Stan N. Ainsley, Ashley L. Everett, Justin M. Lilley, five great grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

    She is preceded in death by a son Robert H. Lilley, Jr., four brothers, Jack Cuthrell, John Robert Cuthrell, Robert Cuthrell, Jacob Cuthrell, and five sisters, Nancy Blake, Alice Adams, Carrie Chambers, Sudie Jarvis, and Agnes Brown.

    The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until the funeral hour at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington and other times at the home of her son Marshall L. Lilley.

    Flowers are appreciated, or memorial contributions may be made to the Children's Miracle Network, P.O. Box 8369, Greenville, NC 27835-8369 or to a charity of your choice.

    Condolences may be addressed to the family online by visiting www.paulfunerahome.com.

    Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Woolard family.