Gary Lilly

Gary Mason (Eli) Lilly The funeral for Gary Mason (Eli) Lilly will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Hardin Baptist Church. Bro. Ricky Cunningham and Bro. Howard Jones will officiate. Burial will follow in the Murray Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be at J.H. Churchill Funeral Home from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and at the church from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice House Building Fund, 803 Poplar St., Murray, KY 42071. Mr. Lilly, 51, Candlelight Drive, Almo, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at 5:45 a.m. at his sister's house. He was owner and operator of Eli's Automotive Glass for 18 years. He attended Hardin Baptist Church and was born Sept. 24, 1957, in Murray. Preceding him in death were his grandparents, Cornie and Mable Jones and Ralph and Elva Mae Lilly. Survivors include his wife, Diane Lilly, to whom he was married Aug. 24, 1990, in Miami, Fla.; parents, Carlos and Linda Lilly Elkins of Murray and the late Prentice Lilly; two sons, Jason Lilly and wife, Christina, Louisville, and Austin Lilly, Almo; two sisters, Shelia Haley and husband, Mike, and Carla Elkins, all of Murray; three brothers, Larry Lilly and wife, Teesa, and Tommy Elkins and wife, Trudy, all of Murray, and Ralph Lilly and wife, Milissa, Benton; two grandchildren, Taylor and Emma Lilly; parents-in-law, Raymond and Lynne Meyers, Benton.