Background
Lilly, Nancy Cobb was born on September 17, 1930 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Collier and Emma (Estes) C.
Lilly, Nancy Cobb was born on September 17, 1930 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Collier and Emma (Estes) C.
Bachelor, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1952.
Assistant calendar clerk North Carolina State Senate, Raleigh, 1953, 55. Secretary to director Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1956-1961. Teacher Chapin School for Girls, 1961.
President, board director North Carolina State Art Society, 1983—1984.
President Women of Church, White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, 1986-1988, board deacons since 1991. Board directors American Red Cross, Wake County, Raleigh, 1988-1992, Friends of Library. U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina committee National Museum Women in Arts, North Carolina.Soc.
Member Tyron Palace Commission, New Bern, North Carolina, 1988-1992. Regent Gunston Hall Plantation, Lorton, Virginia, since 1988. President of the board North Carolina Art Society, 1983-1984.
Board visitors Peace College. Member Junior League, Raleigh Fine Arts Society.
Married Edward Guerrant Lilly, Junior, November 25, 1961. Children: Penelope Read, Edward III, Collier Cobb (deceased), Steven Clay.