Miss Lillie made a conscious choice at a young age to not only survive her father\'s abusive alcoholism but to excel.
She never met a stranger and never stopped.
She chose, however, to raise a family and make sure her family had what she didn\'t growing up - stability and love.
Spending her formative years as a ward of the state, she graduated valedictorian from TIS/TPS in Nashville, Tennessee and was awarded a full scholarship to George Peabody College, now a division of Vanderbilt University.
Miss Lillie made a conscious choice at a young age to not only survive her father\'s abusive alcoholism but to excel