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Lillian Fortner

Published Wednesday, March 17, 1999 in the Gurdon Times

Lillian Fortner, 92, of Gurdon died Thursday, March 11, 1999.

Mrs. Fortner was a member of Beech Street Baptist Church and a retired school teacher with 30 years of service in teaching students in the Gurdon School District and the former Whelen Springs Schools.

Survivors include a daughter, Minnie Faye Merrill of Gurdon; a step-daughter, Bertha Hobel of Fort Worth, Texas; five grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.

Services were held Saturday, March 13, in the Horne Funeral Home Chapel in Gurdon with interment in Bethlehem Cemetery by Horne Funeral Home of Gurdon.

Memorials may be made to Beech Street Baptist Church.


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