Anna Elizabeth Wills

Anna Elizabeth Prewitt Wills, age 85, widow of James L. Wills, passed away Monday, July 30, 2018, at Baptist Health Lexington, in Lexington, Kentucky, following a long illness. Born June 27, 1933, to the late William B. and Sophia Buchanan Prewitt, she was a native of Bourbon County, having lived out her last years in Harrodsburg, Paris and Lexington. A member of the Millersburg Baptist Church, she graduated from North Middletown High School and then went on to work for the Lexington Herald-Leader, with over 30 years of service. She was an avid bowler and a Paris High School and University of Kentucky fan.

Mrs. Wills is survived by her: three children, William W. “Bill” Lawrence and Kathy, of Silver Spring, Maryland, Donna J. Knox and Martin, of Lexington, and Leila K. Wills, of Estill Springs, Tennessee; grandchildren, Tara Mansare and Tony Lawrence, Nathaneal and Ben Buchanan, Carson Knox, Mitchell Wills and Dalton and Haley Atwood; sisters, Lillie Roberts and Jane Martin; brothers, Davis, Albert and Catesby Prewitt; and several great-grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by: sisters, Emma, Bernice, Bettye, Eileen and Bertha; and brothers, Bryan, Roger, Strawter and Tommy.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 4, at Hinton-Turner Funeral Home by Brother Dale Gatewood and Pastor Lowell Rice, with burial in Paris Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Tara Mansare, Tony Lawrence, Nathaneal Buchanan, Ben Buchanan, Carson Knox, Mitchell Wills, Dalton Atwood, Haley Atwood, Chris Collins, Shannon Martin, James Prewitt, Gary Gilmore, Shane Shelby, Bill Prewitt and Keith Buchanan. Honorary pallbearers are Cathy Roe, Beverly Conkright, Linda Blankenship, Elizabeth Atkins, Jane Martin, Lillie Roberts, Davis Prewitt, Albert Prewitt, Catesby Prewitt, Clarence Wallace, Dean Martin, Martin Knox and Billy West.

Source: Hinton-Turner Funeral Home website at www.hinton-turnerfuneralhome.com