Lillian Lanham

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Lillian Lanham, 87, Harrisburg, died 9:45 p.m. Monday, March 7, 2011, at Harrisburg Medical Center.

Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, March 11, 2011, at Lindale Cemetery near Eldorado with the Rev. John Winters and Judy Lanham Monroe officiating. Those attending the graveside services should meet at the cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011, at Watson Funeral Home, Eldorado.

She was born on May 7, 1923, to William A. and Daisy (Simpson) Pinkstaff.

She attended Harrisburg High School and graduated with the class of 1940. She went on to graduate from Lockyear Business College in Evansville, Ind. She retired from Pool Pontiac after 28 years, receiving numerous awards. She was a member of National Accountants Honor Roll of the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors and was co-owner of Plaza Fashions in Harrisburg.

She is survived by a daughter, Miki Jean Lanham Cooper of Naples, Fla.; and three sisters, Wilma Maynard of Harrisburg, Elva Joyce of Colorado and Laura Kent of Granite City.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Estalee Tuttle, Ruth Haas and Lottie Wagin; and a brother, Harley "Smoke" Pinkstaff.

Online condolences may be made at the Internet site www.watsonfuneralhome.net.