Katharine Hewitt Tillman

Services for Katharine Hewitt Parham Tillman, 88, of Mangham will at 10:00 AM Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Lone Cherry Baptist Church with Rev. Doyle Adams officiating. Private graveside burial will follow later in the Lone Cherry Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Rayville.Mrs. Tillman was born May 3, 1927 in Mangham and passed away March 6, 2016 at her home near Mangham.She was a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a Charter Member of the Commission of Rehabilitation Counselor Certification. She was, also, a member of the Vocation Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association, the National Rehabilitation Administration Association, the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association, the Richland Parish Association for Retarded Citizens and the Ouachita Association for Retarded Citizens. She was a longtime Manager of MAVTEC at Selman Field and a member of Lone Cherry Baptist Church of Mangham, LA.She is preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Charles M. Tillman, and three brothers: Alvin (Pink) Parham, Aubrey Parham and Henry Parham.She is survived by a son, Kyle Tillman and his wife Susan of Houston, TX; two daughters, Sheila Tillman of Monroe, LA, and Cheryl Weston and her husband Roy, Jr. of West Monroe, LA; five grandchildren: Kyle Tillman, Jr. of Smithville, TX, Kara Smith and her husband Tommy of Jerseyville, TX, Allyson Aultman and her husband Aaron of Mangham, LA, Caroline Harwell of Collinston, LA, and Lilly Grace Weston of West Monroe, LA; plus five great grandchildren: Lilly Tillman, Bubba Tillman, Emersyn Smith, Aiden Aultman, and Henzley Stuckey.Pallbearers will be Mike Butts, Baron Craft, Mike Allen, Johnny Lambert, Pat Parham, Eric Miles and Perry Fleming. Honorary pallbearers will be Benny Lee Williams and Mark Graham, devoted Deacons of Lone Cherry Baptist Church.Visitation will be 5:00 until 7:00 PM Friday, March 11, 2016 at Lone Cherry Baptist Church.Online registry/condolences may be made at www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com.Arrangements under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Rayville, LA.