Obituary of Lila Tidwell Mapp

Funeral services for Lila Ruth Tidwell Mapp, age 72, of Rock Mills, will be held on Friday, May 8, 2015, at 2:00 PM from Fellowship Baptist Church with Rev. Shannon Mapp officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Mapp will lie in state one hour prior to services beginning on Friday. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00-8:00 PM on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Mrs. Mapp passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at her residence. Survivors include one son, Keith Mapp (wife, Zelda) of Roanoke; one daughter, Melissa Mapp of Roanoke; one grandson, Colby Mapp (wife, Jessica); one brother, Talmadge Tidwell of Alexandria; four sisters, Deane Kellum (husband, Clifford) of Anniston, Helen Lindsley of Coudersport, PA, Glenda Carter of Delta, and Valera Tidwell of Delta. Pallbearers will be Bobby Norred, Michael Owens, David Mapp, Jonathan Mapp, Barry Cook, Chad Norred, and Lee Mapp. A Clay County native, Mrs. Mapp was born on March 11, 1943, the daughter of Truman and Nettie Gregg Tidwell. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and had been employed as a seamstress by Stephanie Fashion. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joe Mapp; two brothers, Eldridge Tidwell and Mancel Tidwell; and three sisters, Mary Tidwell Simpson, Jenny Tidwell Tapley, and Sue Tidwell Yarbrough. Memorials may be floral or the family encourages donations to Feed the Children, P.O. Box 97067, Washington, DC 20090-7067 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.