Brenda Gail Lillard, daughter of the late Stanley Leathers and Iris Whittle Leathers was born on November 20, 1939 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on February 24, 2017 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 77.

On November 27, 1964, she was united in marriage to Gaylon Lillard in East St. Louis, Illinois.  Mr. Lillard survives of their residence in Dexter.

She was the Co-Owner of the Downtown Music and Pawn and was a resident of Dexter, Missouri.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one brother, Tom Burris of Dexter; by two sisters, Danetta Cates of Dexter and Rita Meshell of Fenton, Missouri; by one granddaughter, Carrysa Lillard of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, and by one grandson, Nickolas Lillard of Dexter.

Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by one son, Darrell Lynn Lillard and one brother, Calvin Joiner.

A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday, March 4, 2017 in the Rainey Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter at 2:00 PM with Alan Laszewski officiating.