Mary Elizabeth Hill, age 88 of Pleasant View, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at her home.
Funeral services will be conducted at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Pleasant View at 11:00 AM on Monday, July 19th, with Bro. Billy Ellis officiating and James Thomas Walker sharing memories. Burial will follow at EverRest of Cheatham with James Thomas Walker, Shane Staggs, Larry Whitworth, Kurt Heber, and Ron Balthrop serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-5 PM and again on Monday from 10 AM until the hour of service at 11:00 AM.
Mrs. Hill was born on January 24, 1933 in Neelyville, Missouri to the late Oscar & Dora Spitzig West. She had worked for Washington County Hospital in Chipley, Florida, and Winfield Hospital in Alabama as a nursing assistant, and also a teaching assistant in Camilla, Georgia for 10 years. Most importantly, she was a pastor’s wife for 65 years. She loved her family and her grandchildren dearly. Mrs. Hill always loved giving and receiving hugs. She was a member of Heads Free Will Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Bud Hill; brother, Clifford West; and granddaughter, Brittney Menerey.
Survivors include her son, Paul (Elaine) Hill; daughter, Celecia (Baron) Cutts; brothers, Ray (Pat) West, Jim (Virginia) West, Glenn (Bessie) West, Gary (Martha) West, Lonnie West, Donnie West; sisters, Geneva “Weed” (Dick) Geffers, Shirley (Jerry) Sullivan; grandchildren, Cara Rausch, Cayla (Shane) Staggs, Lauren (Benjamin) Alday; and great-grandchildren, RJ Rausch, AJ Menerey, Bayley Thomas, and Coltyn Thomas.
If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to Heads Free Will Baptist Church Building Fund, 2792 Heads Church Rd, Cedar Hill, Tennessee 37032.
AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME in Pleasant View is in charge of these arrangements. 6316 Highway 41A, Pleasant View, Tennessee 37146 (615) 746-4433 www.austinandbell.com
