Obituaries:  Mrs. Evie Mains Hillman, Sabine Parish       H-455
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 12, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Evie Mains Hillman

  Mrs. Evie Mains Hillman died Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Dripping
Springs, Texas.

  Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 8, at Mt.
Freedom Baptist Church in Many, with interment following at Mt.
Zion Cemetery. Local arrangements were made by Warren Meadows
Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Hillman was born and raised in Many, and later moved to
DeRidder. She attended church, and loved the Lord. Her home was
known for a well tended garden, and the sweet smell of cinnamon
rolls. She was a loving mother, generous neighbor, and was
regarded as the matriarch of her family. Evie and her husband
Charles had the first bakery in Many.

  Survivors include four daughters, Rhoda Dickens and husband
Charles of Dripping Springs, Texas, Norma Lee Scranton of
Nebraska, Loyal Kinney and husband Charles of Jefferson, Texas,
and Judi Moline and husband Clark of Dripping Springs, Texas; one
daughter-in-law, Ernestine Hillman of DeRidder; two sisters,
Selma Scaife of Many, and Verda Carroll of Lakewood, Calif.; two
brothers, Elzie Mains of Many and wife Elsie, and Hubert Mains
and wife Nelda of New Iberia; 8 grandsons; two granddaughters;
eight great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews; and a host
of friends and neighbors. Mrs. Hillman was preceded in death by
her husband, Charles Luther Hillman; two sons, Vernon, and A. L.
Hillman; one son-in-law, Bill Scranton; and her parents, Lee and
Mary Mains.

  Pallbearers were her grandsons, Randy Harrington, Caleb Mcline,
Stuart Scranton, Eddie Scranton, Shane Long, Mike Kinney, Hoyt
Hillman, and David Hillman.