Patricia “Patty” Prophit Lillis

Patricia “Patty” Prophit Lillis peacefully entered heaven and the presence of her Lord on November 3, 2026.

A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:30pm on Saturday, November 7, 2026, in Westover Memorial Park.

Patty was born May 6,1941 in Monroe, Louisiana to Clarence Alston and Hortense Callahan Prophit and grew up there with her older sister Penny Pauline Prophit.

Exceeding her professional accomplishments and passion for nursing, Patty loved the Lord and sought Biblical teaching and Christian fellowship. Patty was a member of 1st Presbyterian Church Augusta Georgia for 50 years and was an early 1970’s member of the Koinonia Class. Additionally, Patty is friends and “Aunt Patty” to many. She cherished writing notes and receiving letters to keep up personal and professional acquaintances throughout her life.

Patty entered Northwestern State University Louisiana and completed her BSN in 1963 and then worked as an assistant head nurse at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe until 1965. After her father’s death in 1965, Patty moved to Palo Alto, California with her mother Hortense Prophit and worked at the Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto as a medical nurse specialist in hematology-oncology and neurology until 1971. She completed her MS at University California San Francisco in 1972 and then moved to Augusta Georgia and started applying her skills and passion for nursing at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) as an Instructor in the Department of Adult Nursing. Patty’s teaching skills and expertise earned her promotion to Assistant Professor in 1974. In 1975 Patty was promoted to Chairman of MCG’s Department of Adult Nursing. Patty continued to learn and grow professionally and completed her Doctor of Nursing Science (DSN) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Alabama, Birmingham in 1985. Patty retired from MCG as Professor Emeritas.

A special note of thanksgiving and appreciation are gratefully expressed to Jeanette Cummings, Peggy Hines, Melinda Harris, National Health Care Staff, Flower Ministry of First Presbyterian Church of Augusta and Caris Hospice.

If you would like to honor Patty, please send donations to Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia at Wellstar Foundation, PO Box 749208, Atlanta, GA 30374-9208 or First Presbyterian Church of Augusta, 642 Telfair St, Augusta, GA 30901 and sign the guestbook at Thomas Poteet & Son website.