Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Hill, William J. Jr., 1990 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM JAMES HILL JR. MR. WILLIAMS JAMES HILL, JR., 61 William James Hill Jr., 61, a retired salesman, died April 19, 1990, in his home. Mr. Hill, a native of Holland [sic*], Va., had retired from Price's Inc. after 25 years. He was a Baptist and an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Jewell A. Hill; a daughter, Sheila H. Graham of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sons, Dennis Hill of Lynchburg and Thomas Hill of Hampton; a brother, Herman C. Hill of Norfolk; and six grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may join the family from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. William James HILL, Jr., retired salesman, Army veteran of WW-II, b. 30 Sep 1928*, Boykins, Southampton Co., suicide 19 Apr 1990, at home, Norfolk, interred in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens*, Norfolk, 23 Apr 1990, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sat., Apr. 21, 1990, p. B2, text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #192196185 [no grave photo] *Additional information: His parents, William James "Jimmie" & Maggie Lee (EDWARDS) HILL, are also buried there. His WW-II draft card & D.Cert. 90-013316 both give b. 30 Sep 1928. He m. Jewell Aubrey GARRISON (1929 - 1999), daughter of Snow White & Lucy Ester (HOLLEN) GARRISON, 20 Aug 1949 in Jeffersonville, IN, while a resident of Louisville, KY. Ancestry.com IN Marriages gives b. 30 Sep 1926. His paternal grandparents, Willie & Rosa Virginia (BRETT) HILL, are buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins - Annex 2, Plot 67. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h400w12o.txt