GIRARD — Lillian E. Vance Bray, 87, formerly of the Walnut and Girard areas, died at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Girard.

She was born on May 18, 1924, in Arkansas to Richard Pink and Arizona (Mitchell) House.

She worked in rest homes at Girard and St. Paul and as a cook at various restaurants in the area.

She married Ledford Woodard. They divorced.

She married Brian Vance. He preceded her in death.

She married Lee Bray. He preceded her in death.

Survivors include two sons, Charles Woodard and his wife, Sue, and Don Woodard and wife, Velma, all of Bolivar, Tenn.; a daughter, Kathy Vance of Pittsburg; 22 grandchildren; and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Richard Vance and Bobby Vance; a daughter, Helen Hills; several grandchildren; and 10 siblings.

The service will be at 2 p.m. today at Glenwood Cemetery at Walnut. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery. Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, Girard, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Condolences may be sent to www.wallfuneralservices.com.