Sylvia Tillery Condra

Mrs. Sylvia Tillery Condra, a lifetime resident of Harrisburg, departed this life on Sunday evening, April 14, 2013, at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, at the age of 102. She was born March 15, 1911 in Harrisburg, the daughter of the late William D. Tillery and Linnie Bell Tillery. She was a member of the HHS Class of 1929 and was the last remaining member of her class. She married Marshall Condra on October 13, 1929 and they enjoyed 50 years of marriage before his death in 1979. She was an avid gardener, a collector of shoes, loved fishing, loved quilting, and was loved by her entire community. She was one who spread kindness wherever she went. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by two children, John Marshall Condra and Glenda Bryan, five siblings, Virginia Mayberry, Thurman Tillery, Dub Tillery, Skeet Tillery and Robert Tillery, one grandchild, Larry Bryan, Jr. and one great grandchild, Lillian Grace Overturf. She is survived by one son, Charles "Sonny" Condra and his wife Fonda of Harrisburg, four daughters, Ruby Nell Spears of Searcy, Dorothy Ellis of Lawton, OK, Sharon Condra of Harrisburg and Judy May and her husband Jimmy of Harrisburg, 11 grandchildren, Randy Ellis, Ronnie Ellis, Greg Spears, Scott Spears, Craig Condra, John May, Gwen Spears Taylor, Bridget Whittingham, Priscilla Wixon, Brittany England and Jill Overturf, 21 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and five special nieces, Debra Tillery, Charlotte Mayberry Rushing, Vickie Winningham, Barbara Coffey and Carolyn Brown. Funeral Services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Harrisburg with Rev. Beth Perdue officiating Interment will follow in Farm Hill Cemetery under the direction of Gregg-Weston Funeral Home of Harrisburg. Friends may visit at the funeral home Wednesday evening, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Randy Ellis, Ronnie Ellis, Craig Condra, Greg Spears, Scott Spears and John May. Those serving as honorary pallbearers include James Williams, Billy Joe Williams, Johnny Branum, Kenneth Branum, Jim Tom Butler, Barry Deckleman, Ricky Witt, Ricky Faulkner, Bob Chandler, Ron Hunter, Terry Caughron, Bill Weston, Ruthie Britnell Roberts, Berneda Heeb, Margie Wright and Vivian Sanders. Those wishing to make memorials are asked to consider the First United Methodist Church in Harrisburg. Personal condolences may be made to the Condra family at www.mcnabbfuneralhomes.com.