Vergie was a school teacher having taught for 35 years, last teaching at Crab Orchard Elementary School. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Beckley, and the Friendship Class at the church. She was also a member of the Captain James Allen Chaper of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club and the Brooks Bird Club. Mrs. Lilly was a former member of the Lilly Reunion Board of Directors. She was preceded in death by her husband, Shawkey Lilly, sisters; Mickey Ellison, Helen Kidd Jones and Gertrude Bellamy and by brother, Hansford Lilly and an infant brother, Clifford Lilly.