Malcolm G. Lilly
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[edit] Early Life & Family
Malcolm Gordon Lilly was born on January 12, 1879 and died on August 18, 1944 in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
He married Lucy Garette Leake on February 17, 1916 and had seven children (Alfred Waldo Lilly, Virgil Irving Lilly, Agatha Margaret Lilly, Horace Garrett Lilly, Lula Cynthia Lilly, Esther Louise Lilly, and Henry Leake Lilly).
[edit] Education
Malcolm, the son of Irish immigrants and commonly known in his time as “M.G. Lilly”, attended Harrisonburg High School, graduated from West Central Academy, and was a summer student at the Academic Department of the University of Virginia.
[edit] Clover Hill Academy
After a time as a mathematics, language, history, and English teacher, he became Principal in 1902 of Clover Hill Academy in Clover Hill, Virginia. The academy, which started out as a one-room school house, later offered courses in Latin, French, German, Spanish, History, Mathematics, English, Supplementary Reading, Elocution, Drawing, Penmansihp, and Vocal Music. While the Clover Hill Academy building is still in existence, it no longer functions as a school.
[edit] Methodist Preacher
In his later life, Malcolm became a well-respected Methodist preacher and traveled quite extensively doing evangelistic work. He was known for his "fire and brimstone" style, yet is said to have had a kind heart and a great personality. Many of his sermons still survive, so these eloquent interpretations of the Bible are still read today by his many descendants.
