Julia Tiller Obituary

TILLER, Julia KINGSTREE - Julia Kennedy Tiller, wife of Ralph Lanham Tiller, died Thursday, February 16, 2006, at Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree. We, her family, grieve at her passing, but we also rejoice in her release from earthly suffering to the joy and peace of her Heavenly Home. Mrs. Tiller, 88, was born May 23, 1917, in Covington, Ga., a daughter of the late Reverend Doctor Walter Armstrong and Dolly Hardeman Kennedy. A graduate of Blackstock High School and Erskine College, both in South Carolina, Mrs. Tiller taught school in Woodruff, Pauline, and at Williamsburg Academy in Kingstree. She was also active in the Williamsburg County Public School System, being especially involved in the Lion's Club eye clinic. She was a former president of the Women of the Church and Sunday school teacher at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church. At the time of her death, she was an active member of Kingstree Presbyterian Church, where she served as choir director, organist, Sunday school teacher, and director of "Miss Julia's" children's choir. She had also been active in the Garden Makers Garden Club, serving as president for several terms and was a former member of the Kingstree Music Club. She was preceded in death by one grandchild, Scott Bass and her son-in-law, Russell Kellahan. Surviving, in addition to her husband of 60 years, are: three daughters, Ellen Tiller Bass and her husband Arthur, Judy Tiller Boyd and her husband Jim, and Emmie Lou Tiller Kellahan, one sister, Mary Kennedy Frierson, four grandchildren, Kevin Bass, Ruth Boyd Robins, Sam Boyd, and Louisa Kellahan Kennedy, one great-grandchild, Evelyn Kennedy Robins. Visitation will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 18, 2006 in the fellowship hall of the Kingstree Presbyterian Church, PCA, followed by the funeral service at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary. Burial, directed by WILLIAMSBURG FUNERAL HOME, will be in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Kingstree Presbyterian Church, PCA, Williamsburg Regional Hospital Foundation, or Columbia International University. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.