Lillian Gant was born in Higginsville, Missouri on March 17, 1905. She grow up on Harrison Street in Liberty Ward 3, Clay, Missouri. She was the middle child of 5 to her parents, Missouri natives Smith F. Gant, a freight laborer and church janitor and Pearl Ellen McShears, a laundress.
At age 20, Lillian married Texas native Leo Wills (age 24) on Jan 1, 1923 in Liberty, Missouri. A few years later the couple relocated to Waco, McLennan, Texas. Where they had 5 children and lived with Leo’s mother, Esta. In the 1940’s Leo and Lillian (and Esta) returned to Liberty, Clay, Missouri where Lillian worked as a maid for private homes. She passed at the age 84 in San Diego, California.
Lillian’s Parents -Father name: Smith Gant Mother name: Pearl McShears (both from Missouri)
Last Residence(?) listed: 64030, Grandview, Jackson, Missouri, USA
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Birth name
Lillian Garnett
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Place of Birth
Higginsville, Liberty Ward 3, Clay, Missouri
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Place of Death
San Diego CA
Lillian (Garnett) Gant
(1904 - 1988)