Taylor-Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....John "Man" Hill September 14 1981
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Americus Newspaper

"Man" Hill- Americus Ga.
14 Sep 1981
 
John "Man" Hill 83 of Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus, died there
Monday.

The funeral will be at 3 PM today at Giddons Funeral Home chapel in Ellaville, Ga.
with burial in Sand Bethel Cemetery in Rupert, Ga.
 
Mr. Hill was born Oct. 18, 1887, in Taylor Co. son of Mr. & Mrs. John Bart Hill. A
retired farmer, he "got up at sunrise to go to work, and didn't stop until
sundown.", said his son Roy Hill of Fayetteville Ga.  He was among the first in
the predommantly (Sp)peach growing Taylor Co. to start growing watermelons. "I was
8 or 9 when I started working with my father," said Hill, "and the watermelons
were among as big as I was.".
 
All the Hill children worked in the field, but never on a Sunday. A Baptist, "he
just didn't believe in working on Sunday." A sugar cane grower also, the senior
Hill made his own cane syrup and his wife, Gracie Lee Lawhorne Hill "Made the
bisquits to go with it.". Hill said. "He loved walking, I guess he had walked a
million miles."
 
Survivors besides his son include his daughter, Mrs Inez Bell of Ellaville;
another son, Gene Hill of Albany Ga./ a brother Marvin Hill of Vienna, Ga. four
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.
 
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Additional Comments:
Biography
 
John Manuel Hill born 20 Oct.1897  Taylor Co. Ga. died 14 Sep 1981 Americus,
Sumter, Ga.
 
He was the child of John Bart Hill & Josephine Isabella Duke of Taylor Co.
 
He married 25  Jun 1918 Taylor Co. Ga.
Gracie Lee  Lawhorn 16 Dec 1901  Taylor Co Ga. died 29 Dec 1970 Buena Vista,
Marion, Ga.
 
Children of this couple:
Roy Hill 24 Aug 1920-17 Aug 1999 Fayetteville married Sybil Henderson
 
Inez Hill 29 Nov 1921-2003
#1 Carpenter- #2 Marvin Bell
 
Darrel Hill2 Jul 1923- 12 Jan 1977 married Dallis Layfield-twin
 
Dan Hill- killed while home on leave from the service- on Deadman's curve in
Sumter Co.
 
Gene Hill-21 Apr 1938-20 Jan 1989-Albany
#1 Brenda Boyd #2 Gerry Hill
 
Gracie Hill had the patience of a saint, with her husband & her children. She led
a hard life, with a tough husband.
 
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