- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Remembrance of Our Beloved Father Leroy Hill, Sr., February 7, 1928 - September 18, 2003, Thursday, September 25, 2003, 2:00 P.M., Jones Brothers Eastlawn Memorial Chapel, 3035 Millerfield Road, Macon, Georgia 31217, Rev. Oscar L. Ross, Jr., Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2003-09-25
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Macon---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Macon--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Macon--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Leroy Hill, Sr. Birth date: February 7, 1928. Death date: September 18, 2003. Funeral date: September 25, 2003. Church: Jones Brothers Eastlawn Memorial Chapel (Macon, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_hillleroysr20030925
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_hillleroysr20030925
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Pallbearers
Eric Gary Henry Gary Reginald Simmons
Rufus Reeves Fredrick Hill
Wallace Adside
Honorary _Pallbearer
Thomas Wilson
Interment
Woodlawn Memoral Park Macon, Georgia
Acknowledgment
The fan1ily of the late Leroy Hill, Sr. acknowledges, with sincere appreciation, your understanding, your prayers, and all acts of kindness shown at this titne of bereavement. May God Bless each and everyone of you .
Special thanks to Bel-Arbor Nursing Hotne Staff and .Administrator Chap Nelson .
-- The Family
'one&~9i3~
Eastlawn Memorial Chapel
Macon, Georgia 31217 (478) 743-3331
In Remembrance of Our Beloved Father
Leroy Hill, Sr..
February 7~ 1928
Septetnber 18, 2003
Thursday, September 25, 2003
2: 00P.M .
Jones Brothers Eastlawn Memorial Chapel
3035 Millerfield Road Macon, Georgia 31217
Rev. Oscar L. Ross, Jr., Officiating
Obituary
On Septetnber 18, 2003, God called our beloved Father, Leroy Hill, Sr., fron1 his earthly labors to his heavenly hotne, to his rest and reward.
Mr. Hill \vas born in Dublin, Georgia on February 7, 1928, to the parentage of the late Robert Tharpe Hill and Mandy Jenkins Hill. He received his education fron1 Twiggs County Public Schools. He was a retired Foretnan and Engineer with the Knox Rivers Construction Cotnpany after 40 years of service. He was joined in Holy Matrimony to Dorothy Lee Broxton, who lovingly adopted his two children, Bobby Lee and Mary Ann, and bore hitn six additional children to fonn this great fan1ily.
Mr. Hill was a hard working and devoted Father to his fam-
ily. He was kind and caring to everyone he met, and was nutch beloved by all who knew hitn. He will be truly tnissed for his joking ways and wann laughter.
He leaves to tnourn his passing, a devoted wife, Dorothy Broxton-Hill of Macon; children, Bobby Lee Hill, Mary Ann Hill, Marilyn Raines, all of Atlanta, Curtis (Mary) Hill, Leroy (Brenda) Hill , Jr. Michael Hill, Fayetta (Williatn) Bawlson and Linda Hill, all of Macon; sisters, Mandy Min1s of Vero Beach, FL, Bobby (Willie) Stephens, Doris Hill and Hattie Williatns, all of Macon; brother, George Hill of Brooklyn, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Arnetta Strickland of Fort Walton Beach, FL, Ella Mae (Earnest) Gardner of Tallahassee, FL, Ice lean Broxton and Wenell Broxton, both of Carryville, FL; brothers-in-law, H.J. Broxton (Eula), Willie J. Broxton (Mary) ofCarryville, FL; and a host of other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Order of Service
Prelude Processional Last Glance Selection ............................................................. Church Choir Scriptures ................................................ Reverend John Glover
0/J and New Testament Prayer ...... ... ........ ............ ........ .......... Deacon George Watson Solo .. ..... ........ ....... ............................................ Annie Mae Hill Retnarks .. ..... ......................... ...... ............ Bro. WilJie Davis, Jr. Acknowledgments ........................................... Jones Brothers Silent Reading of Obituary Solo ...................................................................... Kelvin Bass Eulogy ....... .......... .................... .... ... .... Rev. Oscar L. Ross, Jr. Recessional
Interment
Woodlawn Memorial Park Ma~on, Georgia
Repast shall follo\v Interment Services in Union Baptist Church Fellowship Hall , Bldg. A.