Mr. Donald Edward Dill Sr.

January 21, 1921 - April 16, 2019

Donald Edward Dill, Sr., 98, died Tuesday, April 16,2019 at 1:55 p. m. at the home of his daughter and son-in-law (Jack and Phyllis Dill Vanderpool), with family at his side. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Jack Hay Sunday School class of Lexington, Tennessee. He served in the United States Marine Corps during WWII, mustering out as a Master Sergeant in El Toro, California in 1945, returning to his home in Huntingdon, Tennessee. He married Maxileen Goff from Lexington, TN on September 7, 1947. He worked as an electrician for the L & N Railroad and then the Corps of Engineers, from which he retired and he and Maxileen moved to Lexington in the early 1980’s. He leaves his wife of 71 years, Maxileen Goff Dill; daughter Donna (Jimmy) Dickens of Portland, TN; daughter Phyllis (Jack) Vanderpool of Spring City, TN; son Donald (Ed) Dill, Jr. of Macon, GA; daughter Carol (Charlie) Boatman of Louisville, KY; six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren; sister Angelyn Redford of Oak Ridge, TN; sister-in-law Betty Dill; and numerous nieces and nephews. Donald was preceded in death by his parents, John M. and Lela Bennett Dill of Huntingdon, TN; brothers, John Martin (Katherine) Dill of Huntingdon, TN; Winfred (Betty) Dill of Lexington, TN; sisters Iva Lee (Richard) Haynes of Columbia, TN; Lela (Ralph) Bennett Angelucci; Lucrecia Mann Butler of Humboldt, TN; Alice (Blaine) Kilgore of Paris, TN. His children wish to give a special thank you to Unity Hospice Care Tennessee, Lexington and Caris of Tennessee, Athens for their personal guidance that allowed family to care for their Dad during his final months. Graveside funeral services are scheduled for 12 PM, Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Lexington Cemetery. Pafford Funeral Home of Lexington is in charge of arrangements.