Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hill, Robert Byron  December 1, 2005
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Tri-County Journal & Chattahoochee Cronicle
Robert Byron Hill
   4/11/1918-12/1/2005 


     ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mr. Robert Byron Hill, age 87, of Ellaville, GA died 
Thursday evening, December 1, 2005 at Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, 
GA.  Funeral Services will be held Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 3:00 PM at 
Ellaville United Methodist Church, with Rev. Clarence Cawthorne, Rev. Brooks 
Partain and Rev. Scott Brenton officiating.  Burial will follow in the 
Ellaville Cemetery.  

      Mr. Hill was born in Schley County on April 11, 1918.  He was the son of 
Otis Clyde Hill and Dorothy Cheney Hill.  On March 31, 1946, he married 
Charline Callaway Hill, who survives him.  Other survivors include a son, 
Robert Byron, Jr., of Ellaville; two daughters and son in law, Virginia Hill 
and Steve Austin, of Ellaville, and Cheney Hill Reinhart, of Americus.  Three 
grandchildren include Alison Austin, Stephen Austin, and John Byron Reinhart.  
He was preceded in death by a son, Clyde Callaway Hill.  

      Mr. Hill graduated from Gordon Military College, Barnesville, and the 
University of Georgia, Athens.  He was a veteran of World War II, having 
served for five years in the European theatre as a Lieutenant in the United 
States Army Infantry.  

      Mr, Hill was a large landowner, cattleman, and horseman.  In the ‘50’s 
and ‘60’s he raised and trained registered quarter horses.  His R. B. Hill 
Farms bred fine American Quarter Horse champions.  His most famous stallion 
was “Eli Seiman”.  Mr. Hill was also engaged in forestry and conservation.  He 
was Soil Conservation Supervisor of the Chattahoochee Area and a Director of 
the Schley County Board of ASCS for 45 years.  He was also a member of 
Ellaville United Methodist Church where he served on the Administrative Board 
and was Sunday School Superintendent for many years.  He was a charter member 
of the Ellaville Lions Club and a member of American Legion Post 191. 

      Pallbearers will include Jim Sellars, Joe Fletcher, Neal Synder, John 
Gill, Clarence Welch, Ray Wurtz, Henry Sellars, Eddie C. Baisden and Marc 
Ellis.  Visitation will be held from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Saturday, 
December 3, 2005 at Watson-Giddens Funeral Home in Ellaville, GA.  


     Watson-Giddens Funeral Home of Ellaville, GA is in charge of 
arrangements.  
 

 
 
 



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