Lillie Faye Jennings, 79 of Waskom was born on June 18, 1937 in Huttig, Arkansas to James Jewell Drummond and Verna Edna Mason Drummond. She married Herbert Allen Jennings in Greenville, Mississippi in 1956, and was married to him for over forty eight years preceding his death in 2004. Lillie was a homemaker who loved her family, her grandkids, and her great grandkids. She also enjoyed gardening, and cooking. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church of Waskom. She was a regular "old" coffee drinker at Jim's Bar-be-que in Waskom.

Lillie passed away in Longview on July 2, 2016. Funeral services for her will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 5, 2016 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Rev. Doug Lovett and Bobby Drummond officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 p.m. in the Hopewell Cemetery in El Dorado, Arkansas. The family will receive friends Monday, July 4 th from 6-8 p.m. at Downs Funeral Home in Marshall. Pallbearers will be Kenneth Drummond, Kevin Drummond, Mike Rogers, John Williams, Garrett Groesbeck, and Justin Parker.

She is survived by her children, Terri Lynn Butcher of Whitehouse, Texas, Sheila Kay Landry of Clarksville, Tennessee, and James Alan Jennings of Waskom, Texas; six grandchildren, Brooke, Ashley, Nicholas, Melissa, Michelle, and Jesika; nine great grandchildren; brother, Chester Alton Drummond of Monroe, Louisiana; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two brothers.