Lillie Connelly

Lillie Maelene Brooks Connelly, 103, of Henderson, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2025, at Homeplace in Henderson.

She was born in Waverly, Kentucky, on October 10, 1922, to the late Ezra and Ara Woodard. Lillie was a member of Mill Road Baptist Church in Evansville. She enjoyed life to the fullest and took great joy in quilting, canning, cooking, and tending to her garden.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas "Tony" Brooks, Sr.; her second husband, Paul Connelly; her son, Tommy Edward Brooks; her daughter, Carolyn Jean Dewar; brothers, Fred Alvis Woodard, Marion Carvel Woodard, William Elbert Woodard and Leamon Ray Woodard; sisters, Amy Catherine Cole, Marthella Ruth Cook Jenkins, Dorothy Alice Henderson; two grandchildren, Guy Edward Brooks "P. Roo" and Deborah Jean Brooks.

She is survived by her three grandchildren, Teresa Sutton (George), Tonya Garrison (Danny) and Robert "Bear" Dewar; two sisters, Corene Kellough and Shirley Sue Thurby; eight great grandchildren, 14 great great grandchildren, two great great great grandchildren,

Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Sunday, November 2, 2025, at Tomblinson Funeral Home in Henderson, KY. Pastor John Kellough will officiate with burial in Fernwood Cemetery.

Visitation will be 4:00 pm-7:00 pm, Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2 from 11:00 am until service time at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Robert Dewar, Zack Turner, Jeremy Cyr, Brennan Brooks, Danny Garrison and Dustin Littlepage.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Mill Road Baptist Church in Evansville.