Jean McMahan Gilliam

View Funeral Webcast Lola Emogene "Jean" McMahan Gilliam, 77, resident of Nashville Highway, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Joe Macer and Elmer Lusk officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Eastside Church of Christ Building Fund, 1024 East Valley Drive, Columbia 38401 or Summertown High School Scholarship Fund, 411 West College Street, Summertown 38482. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. The Lawrence County native was the daughter of the late Andrew Franklin McMahan and Ollie Mae Nabors McMahan LeMay and a graduate of Summertown High School. Mrs. Gilliam was executive secretary for Union Carbide Corporation and after her retirement served as secretary for Eastside Church of Christ for eight years. She was member of Eastside Church of Christ and the Thursday Literary Club. Her husband, Hollis E. Gilliam, died June 1, 2006. Survivors include her brother/son, Richard E. (Candy) LeMay of Knoxville; sister, Eunice Helen Cozart of Columbia; daughter, Mona (Ben) Baggett of Nashville; sons, David R. Gilliam and Roger (Gail) Gilliam of Columbia; grandchildren, Richard E. (Mary) LeMay, Jr., Amy LeMay (Aaron) Benjamin, Ben Terrell Baggett, John Austin Baggett, Katherine Gilliam (Tim) O'Toole, Sarah Genevieve Gilliam, David (Becky) Dodson, Patrick Lane (Sarah) Gilliam; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Jane LeMay, Grace Elizabeth Dodson, Jack Harrison Gilliam; sisters-in-law, Bonnie Anderson McMahan of Mulberry, Florida and Kiyoko Nimento McMahan of Columbia; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by brothers, James Oliver McMahan, Andrew Jackson McMahan, and Bobby Cleve McMahan. Active pallbearers are Richard E. LeMay, Jr., Ben Terrell Baggett, John Austin Baggett, Master Sgt. David Christopher (Becky) Dodson, Patrick Lane Gilliam, Allen Wayne Cozart, Donald Lee Cozart, Andrew Frank McMahan, Brian Keith McMahan, Henry Max McMahan, Stanley Keith McMahan, Stephen Kyle McMahan, Steve Allen McMahan, Brandon McMahan. Honorary pallbearers include Brenda Walker at Caris Hospice, Elders and Deacons of Eastside Church of Christ, and Union Carbide retirees.