Lillie H. Testerman

Submitted by: Martha Reddout

Services for LILLIE H. TESTERMAN, 89, will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. In the Eastside Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Miller officiating.

Mrs. Testerman was born October 31, 1901, at New Boston, Texas, the daughter of Edgar Eugene and Rosetta Snell Holt, and died September 17, 1991, in the Love County Health Center, Marietta.

A resident of the Greenville community since 1911, she married Jesse D. Testerman January 2, 1922, at Ardmore. Mrs. Testerman was a homemaker, and she and her husband, a former County Commissioner, operated a grocery store at Greenville for many years. She was a member of the Eastside Baptist Church.

Survivors include a son, Jack Testerman of Greenville; a daughter, Aurette Evans of Bloomfield, New Mexico; a daughter-in-law, Dorothy Testerman of Greenville; two sisters, Elva Howard of Overbrook and Julia Hickman of Ardmore; seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Testerman was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse D. Testerman on April 22, 1978; a son, Kenneth Testerman on November 27, 1986; four brothers, Andrew Holt, Jay Holt, Ed Holt, and Walon Holt; and three sisters, Mamie Holt, Virgie Johnson, and Lila Thompson.

Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of the Anderson-Kennedy Funeral Home. Serving as casket bearers will be Ken Testerman, Jay Testerman, Jesse Evans, Clint Holt, Jerry Cole, and Walon Dare Holt.

Source: Marietta Monitor, 20 Sept 1991, page 4