Although these records came from the old books of the Barnette Funeral Home, which operated in Hinton for 20 years, "research proved that the first records were from Lowe Furniture Company, also Funeral Directors". -- P. [i].

Lilly was settled ca. 1800 and was also known as Lilly on the Bluestone. In the 1940's, it was a community of about 50 families when the area was surrendered to the Federal government for the Bluestone Dam control project. The buildings and cemetery were either destroyed or relocated. Robert Lilly may have been the son of another Robert Lilly who may be a descendant of the French family of DeLisle or DeLille. Robert married Mary Frances Moody...

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