Obituary of Lillie W. Mast
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Mrs. Lillie Watkins Mast, age 92, of Leisure Acres Lane, Boone, passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017 at her home. Born April 10, 1925 in Rockingham County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Robert and Mary Caroline Winsted Watkins. Lillie was a longtime member of Willowdale Baptist Church. She retired from Appalachian State University. Lillie enjoyed her family, flowers and gardening.
She is survived by one daughter, Connie Mast Patterson and husband Mark of Germantown, TN, two sons, Dennis Lawson and Doug Mast both of Boone, and one grandson, Bradley Patterson.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, James Lawson, her second husband Bud James Mast, and two brothers, Douglas and Ralph Watkins.
Funeral services for Lillie Mast will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 PM at Willowdale Baptist Church. The body will lie in state at the church from noon until 1PM. Officiating will be Rev. Eugene Braswell. Burial will follow at Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens.
The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 PM until 7:30 at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home.
Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Watauga County Unit, 441 Daniel Drive, Boone, NC 28607 or to Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood Street, NW, Lenoir, NC 28645.
The family would like to thank the staff at Watauga Medical Center, The Foley Center, Glenbridge and Medicare Home Care for the care they provided during Lillie�s illness.
Online condolences may be shared with the Mast family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Mast family.