WANDA MAY TILLER

Wanda May Tiller, 90, of Mt. Vernon passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, at the Lawrence County Manor in Mt. Vernon. She was born in Strafford on Aug. 15, 1934; the daughter of Carl Richard and Lilly May (Wheatley) Sneed.
She was a 1952 graduate of Republic High School and attended Draughon’s Business College in Springfield. She worked in the laundry department at the Lawrence County Manor for 30 years and was a member of the Round Grove Baptist Church.
On Dec. 1, 1953, she married Claude Willis Tiller in Harrison, Ark. They were married for almost 58 years when he passed away on April 6, 2011.
She is survived by her children: Larry (Earlene) Tiller of Mounds, Okla., Kayla (Will Stubblefield) Tiller of Stotts City, Dan (Bertha) Tiller of Big Cabin, Okla., Jeff (Lisa) Tiller of Tulsa, Okla., Jim (Terri) Tiller of Mt. Vernon, Steve (Ann) Tiller of Mt. Vernon, Lisa Newhart of Springfield and Bill (Kathy) Tiller of Mt. Vernon; one brother, Johnny Sneed of Springfield; one sister, Edna (Paul) Dean of Republic; 39 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Claude; eight siblings and one grandson, Craig Tiller.
A funeral service was held on Monday, Dec. 2, at Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Burial followed at Round Grove Cemetery.