Tillison, Sarah Edith

Held Long Career With Hess’s Department Store

  • Friday, June 26, 2020
Sarah Tillison
Sarah Tillison

Sarah Edith Tillison, 95, of East Brainerd went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 26, 2020.

A resident of Chattanooga for the past 65 years, Mrs. Tillison was a longtime member of Brainerd Hills Baptist Church. She retired from Hess’s Department Store after 30 years of service.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Tillison; and son-in-law, Jim Lewis.

Survivors are her daughters, Vickie (George) Eaves, Chattanooga, and Peggy Lewis, Knoxville; son, Dennis (Carol) Tillison, Rossville;  grandchildren, Scot (Julie) Eaves, Staci (DeWayne) Lane, Jamie (Celeste) Lewis, Heather Eaves, David (Karen) Lewis, April (Josh) Thrasher, Jason (Mindy) Tillison, and Michael (Taylor) Tillison; great-grandchildren, Cameron and Spencer Eaves, Abby Benson, Anna, Wesley, Andrew, Braxton, Britton and Baylor Lewis, Dominick Warner, A.J. and Carson Walker, Jaxon, Fletcher, and Mathis Tillison; sisters-in-law, Jewel Slater, Sarah Clark, Janie Hartsook, and Shirley (Ronald) Miller; brother-in-law, Buddy (Nancy) Tillison; many nieces and nephews.

Services will be held on Monday, June 29, at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Reverend Richard Mason officiating. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memory Gardens, East with Scot Eaves, Jamie Lewis, David Lewis, Jason Tillison, Michael Tillison, and Cameron Eaves serving as pallbearers.

You may view the funeral service live-stream at heritagechattanooga.com.

Visit www.heritagechattanooga.com to share condolences to the Tillison Family and to view the memorial tribute.

The family will receive friends on Sunday from 4-8 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road. 

CDC regulations require face coverings and social distancing during the visitation.

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