John Patrick Lillis

Have you ever wondered what must be so wrong with your life for you to feel the need to end it? I know there have been times that I have thought that it would be easier if I could do it. But then I stop and think. Is what is going on in my life really that bad or have I just blown it out of proportion? I also stop to think about my family and friends. Who is this making it easy for? Me or for them? Me. They have to clean up my mess (both figuratively and metaphorically)

My dear friend; and only guy I’ve ever been around that I can’t talk, did just that this past weekend. I know he was fighting some serious demons, but did he really exhaust all outlets to get help? I wish I had been more comfortable around him. Maybe then he would have known how much I cared about him and would have done anything to help him. Now he will never know.

John Lillis SHERMAN - Funeral services for John Patrick Lillis, 40, of Sherman will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, in Dannel Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Jim Pledger of First United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Akers Cemetery. He died Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Sherman. Surviving are his parents, Jim and Jan Lillis of Sherman; brothers, Jeff Lillis of Sherman and Garrett Lillis of Houston; and grandmother, Kay Cole of Sherman. Visitation will be at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday until service time.