Lillie Cavaness
March 14, 1939 - April 25, 2010

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Lillie B. Collier Cavaness, 71, of Monticello, passed away Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock. She was born March 14, 1939 in Columbus, GA, the daughter of the late Neil Collier, Sr. and Mattie Phillips Collier. She is preceded in death by, one grandson, Denno Trey Shawn Daniels, one brother, Norman Collier, Sr. and two sisters, Esther Bryant and Mary E. Walker. She was a 1958 graduate of The William H. Spencer High School in Columbus, GA, and later moved to Detroit, MI, where she attended Wyne County Community College.

She married Curtis Cavaness and from this union, there were four children: two sons, Curtis Lamar Cavaness of Detroit, MI and Christopher Floy Cavaness of Toledo, Ohio; two daughters, Veronica Tucker of Monticello and Yolanda Cavaness of Little Rock; three brothers, Neil (Pam) Collier, Jr. of Omaha, NE, Lee (Deana) Collier and Charles Collier, all of Detroit, MI; three sisters, Mattie (Zemar) King of Columbus, GA, Dorothy (LC) Dozier of Detroit, MI and Adell C. Thompson of Hamilton, GA; a special first cousin, Shirley Nelson of Columbus, GA; ten grandchildren, Ciara, Christopher, Jr, Craig, Stephen, Ashely, Curtis, Jr, and Ryan Cavaness, all of Detroit, MI, Antjuan, Sasha and Shijuan Tucker, all of Monticello; one great granddaughter, Aranai Cavaness of Detroit, MI and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.