Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hill, Roland S., 1956 

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ROLAND SCOTT HILL

     Roland Scott Hill, 41, well known resident of Courtland, died early 
Monday morning, July 16, at his home after an illness of several months. 

     Mr. Hill, vice president of the Reliance Fertilizer and Lime Corporation, 
was husband of Mrs. Selma Berry Hill, and the son of Roland and Mrs. Jennie 
Scott Hill of Southampton County.  He was a member of the Courtland Methodist 
Church, which he served as a steward and a teacher of the Young People’s 
Class.  He was also a member of the Ruritan Club.  A graduate of Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, in 1939, he served in the U.S. Army as 
warrant officer during World War II. 

     In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by a daughter, Susan 
Berry Hill, and two sons, Roland Scott Hill, Jr., and Christopher Oman Hill, 
all of Courtland; three sisters, Mrs. J.W. Freeman of Suffolk, Mrs. L.F. 
Chapman, Jr., of Smithfield, and Mrs. G.V. Yonce of Lawrence, Kans.; two 
brothers, A. Thomas Hill of Mathews and S. Winfield Hill of Richmond. 

     Funeral services were conducted at the Courtland Methodist Church 
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. C. A. McCormick, Jr., 
assisted by Rev. O. L. Gilliam of Matthews and Rev. J. Sidney Cobb of Windsor. 
Interment was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland. 

     Active pallbearers were J.J. Joyner, Walter Copley, J.B. McLemore, Jr., 
Terry Gilbert, James U. Kitchen, Hubert Beale, Richard E. Railey and Lawrence 
A. Clements.  Honorary pallbearers were the Board of Stewards and the Young 
People’s Class of the Courtland Methodist Church and friends of the family. 

     By request of the family flowers were omitted, and anyone wishing to pay 
tribute please contact Mrs. J.D. Woodard, Jr., Southampton Crusade Chairman 
of the [illegible] 


Roland Scott HILL, businessman, Army veteran of WW-II, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Jul 1956, at home, Courtland, age 41, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 11*), Courtland, 18 Jul 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 11, 1956, p. 6A 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 25, 1966, p. 13) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h400r7ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Aug. 11, 1986, p. 14) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h400j14o.txt 


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