Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hill, Philip B., 1970 

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Philip Hill Dies in Norfolk 

  Philip Bland Hill, a charter member and president for the last three years 
of the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, died Friday night in Norfolk General 
Hospital. 

  Hill, who was recognized as the rescue squad's goodwill ambassador long 
before he became its president, often appeared before civil organizations and 
other groups to speak on behalf of the work of the rescue squad. 

  He was a native of Como, N.C., a son of Aurelious [sic*] Oscar Hill and Mrs. 
Lucy Love Bland Hill.  He was the husband of Ida May Hill, who survives. 

  He was a member of Suffolk Christian Church. 

  In addition to his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jeanne Hill 
Shaw of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Carr of Holland, and Mrs. Audrey 
Edwards of Alexandria; and three grandchildren. 

  He was employed with the Virginia Department of Highways as the district 
computer. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in R.W. Baker and Co. 
Funeral Home by Dr. Robert B. Marr, minister of Suffolk Christian Church. 
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  The family has requested that remembrances take the form of contributions to 
the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad. 

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PHILIP BLAND HILL 

   SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Philip B. Hill was conducted Monday at 2 
p.m. in the Baker Funeral Home, by the Rev. Robert B. Marr.  Burial was in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

   Hill, 58, president of the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, died Friday at 
9:10 a.m. in Norfolk General Hospital after a short illness. 

   He was to have retired from the squad presidency Dec. 31 after three years 
in office. 

   Hill was widely known also as a Sea Scout leader, having served as unit 
skipper. 

   The Rescue Squad removed its Christmas decorations Saturday morning and 
placed the flag in front of the building at half-mast. 

   Hill, a charter member of the Rescue Squad, served his turn regularly in 
ambulance driving and first aid work.  During his 10 year service he delivered 
several babies in ambulances on the way to the hospital. 

   He was an employee of the State Department of Highways having joined the 
department in 1938 as a mechanic.  At the time of his death; he was computer 
for the Suffolk District. 

   A native of Como, N.C., he moved to Chuckatuck in Nansemond County at the 
age of 14 and graduated from Chuckatuck High School.  He was a son of 
Aurelious Oscar and Lucy Love Bland Hill.  He was a member of the Suffolk 
Christian Church. 

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida May Hill; a daughter Mrs. Jeanne Hill 
Shaw of Suffolk; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Carr of Holland and Mrs. Audrey 
Edwards of Alexandria; and three grandchildren. 


Philip Bland HILL, Highway Dept. computer, 
   president of the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, 
b. 16 Jan 1912, Como, Hertford Co., NC, d. 25 Dec 1970, Norfolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 69*), Suffolk, 28 Dec 1970, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 48, No. 308, Sun., Dec. 27, 1970, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mon., Jan. 4, 1971, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

Photos of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 & Joel Britt - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #78874258. 

D.Cert. 70-035641 also gives his father as Aurelious; it should say Realious. 

His parents are buried in Buckhorn Baptist Church Cemetery, near Como, NC. 

His widow's (2013, R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home) obit is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #149584947. 

They are buried in the lot of her parents, William Sylvester Sr. & 
   Ida May (HEARN) TEBO: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 


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