Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hill, John M., 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN MURRAY HILL John M. Hill Funeral services for John Murray Hill, 75, who died early Monday morning, October 21, at his home in Boykins, were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the H. M. Purviance Funeral Home by Rev. William S. Ferguson, pastor of the Boykins Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. Ben B. Ussery, pastor of the Boykins Baptist Church. Mr. Hill, the husband of Mrs. Judith Holland Hill, was a life-long resident of Southampton County and was a retired salesman. He was the son of the late Samuel William Hill and Mrs. Alice Harrell Hill and a member of the Boykins Methodist Church. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a sister, Mrs. C. T. Beaton of Boykins; a brother, S. R. Hill of Washington, D. C.; five nieces and one nephew. Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. Pallbearers were Fred Story, Howard Hill, H. O. Carlton, A. L. Knight, Jr., L. L. Story, R. A. Bunn, J. M. Britt, W. H. Powell, Jr., and Theo D. McKenney. [John Murray HILL, d. 21 Oct 1957, age 75, bd. Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 22 Oct 1957, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 24 Oct 1957] [file transcribed by Carol Stevens, and re-formatted by File Manager.]