De Soto ? He was born March 9, 1937, in Jethro, Ark., the son of Cecil and Nancy Tillery. He moved to DeSoto in 1956.

Mr. Tillery had worked in construction. He was a regular in the DeSoto City Parade and a member of Full Gospel Tabernacle in DeSoto, where he was a gospel singer.

He married Barbara Jean Salmon on June 15, 1957. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a son, Rick, DeSoto; a daughter, Kathleen Mummaw, Gardner; four sisters, Frankie Bowles, Ozark, Ark., Martha Stephens, Lowell, Ark., Bernice Campbell, Bonner Springs, and Shirley Murphy, Mulberry, Ark; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the chapel.