Age 92, Lawton - Memorial service will be on Tuesday, July 27 at 2:00 pm at Cameron Baptist Church, with Jamey Foshee, her son-in-law and caregiver, officiating. Lillie died on Friday, July 23, 2010 at her home after a lengthy battle with cancer and other health issues. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Inurnment will be at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill at a later date. Lillie Griffin was born the last of five children to El and Margaret (Thompson) Beard on March 25, 1918 and weighed one pound at birth. She was born and raised in Warren Arkansas and attended school there. She lived in Little Rock, Arkansas as a young adult, returning to Warren to care for her aging parents. During the summer of 1948 she met her future husband, James Arthur Griffin, while visiting friends at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. They married in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on December 20, 1948. Mrs. Griffin was a homemaker who supported her husband throughout his military career and did typing for him during his thirteen years as a teacher at Tipton High School. During those years she kept up two homes, in Tipton and in Lawton. James Griffin died on September 30, 1995. Lillie's favorite hobby was writing letters to friends, and she spent many hours a day keeping up with her 25 old friends, many of whom she had known for 50-60 years. Mrs. Griffin was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one sister, Mary Scholl, and three brothers, Charles, Roy, and Clarence Beard and their spouses. Most of her close friends also passed away prior to Lillie's death. Survivors include one daughter and her husband, Lisa and Jamey Foshee of Lawton, one grandson and his wife, Christopher and Heather Ellwanger, of Lawton, five nieces, and close family friends Ernestine and Gus Ellwanger, Walter and Michelle Kerrick and sons Joseph, Alexander and Matthew and daughter Leila, the staff of Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma and members of the Cameron Baptist Church Celebration Choir and Orchestra, all of whom she loved like family, and her favorite cat, Penguin. The family is requesting memorial donations to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma or Cameron Baptist Church Worship Ministry. Visitation will be at Becker Funeral Home from 6 to 8 pm on Monday, July 26.