At an early age, she joined Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Worth County, Georgia. At Chapel Hill, Lillie served as a faithful member of the Usher Board.
Later in life, she joined the New Life Ministries Outreach.
Lillie was united in Holy Matrimony to Mr. L. G. Gibson, Jr. on July 11, 1965. This union was blessed with five children. Our beloved Gibson Family Matriarch was called home from Labor to Rest on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the Wilson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia. Her parents, her sisters, Christina Grant, Naomi Johnson, Hazel Seay, her brothers, Governor Clark, Jr., A. C. Clark, Johnny Lee Clark, and a granddaughter, Tierra Shammece Gibson, have all preceded her in death.
She leaves to cherish her memories her outstanding husband of fifty-three years, Mr. L. G. Gibson, Jr.; her beloved sons, Randy Barnard Gibson, Richard Charles Gibson, Terry Lee Gibson, Sr., Lance Gregory (Davious) Gibson; her beloved daughter, Lillie Lashun Gibson (Quincey) Holley; granddaughters, Zontayvia Jiles, Taneisha (Latrese) Gibson, Shunteria Burley, Randesha Gibson, Gilachia Dickerson, Heather Rhodes; Teriuna Gibson; grandsons, Terry Gibson, Jr., Quantavious Holley; seventeen great grandchildren; sisters, Nadine Richardson, Maline Dupree, Frances Proctor, Ada Mae (Charlie) Woodard, Helen Richardson, Eula Clark; a brother, Jimmy Clark; sisters-in-law, Rosa Mae Gibson, Phyllis Clark; brothers-in-law, Peter (Louise) Bentley, Curtis (Flora) Bentley, Rev. J. W. (Lilly) Bentley, Bishop Horace (Patricia) Bentley, Sr.; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and sorrowing friends.