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Lila Beall Barrett Compton, 84, of Menard passed away on Sunday October 26, 2014 in San Angelo, TX. The Graveside service will be 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at Fairmount Cemetery with Rev. Mark Krause officiating. Lila was born on August 8, 1930 in Lamesa, Texas. She attended Baylor University where she was editor of the school newspaper. In the summer of 1954 she lived in Spain as an exchange student for the San Angelo Rotary Club as well. After graduation, she taught school at Tivy High School in Kerrville, TX. On September 24, 1955 she married Murph March Compton. Lila was a member of the Twentieth Century Club in San Angelo, a member of the Menard School Board, El Progresso and the Region 15 Board in San Angelo. She was also a very active member of the First United Methodist Church in Menard for many years. Lila was preceded in death by her parents, Margaret Ann Morriss Barrett and Ray Reed Barrett. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Murph Compton, her daughter Mary Margaret and husband Skip McDonald, her son March Compton and her grandchildren Wade McDonald, Elizabeth McDonald, Wesley Compton and Alex Compton. Lila is also survived by her brother, Ray Reed Barrett, Jr. Pallbearers for the service will be Cades Pope, Monte Lyckman, Jay Cunningham, Benny Fred Kothmann, Joe Andrews, James Lopez, Robert Hernandez and Larry Burch. Honorary pallbearers for the service will be Mort Mertz, Joe Mertz and Craig Porter. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Menard Public Library, 100 E. Mission St., Menard, TX, 76859, to The First United Methodist Church in Menard or to Baptist Memorials House of Hope in San Angelo.