FAQs: Lily died before James?

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 103141

Jen wrote:

Jen: I've had to think about this for about an hour (!), but the way
JKR answered this question seems consistent with the original
editorial change.

My US first edition showed Lily coming out of the wand, then James,
implying James was killed after Lily. After the first editions, JKR
and editors said, "Oops, no, James should come out first, then Lily,
because Lily was the last one killed."

In the above comment at her website, JKR is saying the same thing
again. James should come out of the wand first, and Lily after him,
because James was killed first. That's consistent with the editing
changes they made in later editions.

(The part that was confusing to me is the VFAQ on this site. The
question has it backwards if I'm reading it right.)

vmonte responds;

It doesn't work out though.  If James was killed before Lily, he 
should come out of the wand last.  I figured it out only by 
assigning "made up" years to the deaths.  Let's say Cedric died in 
1994, James on October 30 1983, and Lily on October 31st 1983. In 
reverse order it should be Cedric, Lily, James.  

So either her American editor was right, and she is wrong. Or she 
really meant that James died after Lily. Which may mean that she was 
at Godric's Hollow with someone other than James...

vivian