Edward Ralph Hill, who was known by his middle name “Ralph”, was born in 1907 in Lafayette (now Dixie) County, Florida, to Charles Octavous Hill (1865-1942) and his second wife Nancy Dora Copeland (1876-1938).
Ralph was a career railroader, employed in the maintenance of way department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, primarily in northern Florida and southern Georgia.
He married Ruby Estelle Nettles (1914-2010) in 1930 and together they had nine children: Marjorie Catherine (1931-); Kermit Stacey (1935-); Kemple Edward (1937-1938); Vondora (1940-2008); Marie Elena (1945-); Terrence Copeland (1946-); Sandra June (1947-); Gilbert Ralph (1948-); and Reitzel Shandra (1950-).
After retiring from the railroad, Ralph and Estelle moved from Tifton, Georgia, to Perry, Florida, where he died in 1987.
Ralph was a career railroader, employed in the maintenance of way department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, primarily in northern Florida and southern Georgia.
He married Ruby Estelle Nettles (1914-2010) in 1930 and together they had nine children: Marjorie Catherine (1931-); Kermit Stacey (1935-); Kemple Edward (1937-1938); Vondora (1940-2008); Marie Elena (1945-); Terrence Copeland (1946-); Sandra June (1947-); Gilbert Ralph (1948-); and Reitzel Shandra (1950-).
After retiring from the railroad, Ralph and Estelle moved from Tifton, Georgia, to Perry, Florida, where he died in 1987.
Edward Ralph Hill, who was known by his middle name “Ralph”, was born in 1907 in Lafayette (now Dixie) County, Florida, to Charles Octavous Hill (1865-1942) and his second wife Nancy Dora Copeland (1876-1938).
Ralph was a career railroader, employed in the maintenance of way department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, primarily in northern Florida and southern Georgia.
He married Ruby Estelle Nettles (1914-2010) in 1930 and together they had nine children: Marjorie Catherine (1931-); Kermit Stacey (1935-); Kemple Edward (1937-1938); Vondora (1940-2008); Marie Elena (1945-); Terrence Copeland (1946-); Sandra June (1947-); Gilbert Ralph (1948-); and Reitzel Shandra (1950-).
After retiring from the railroad, Ralph and Estelle moved from Tifton, Georgia, to Perry, Florida, where he died in 1987.
Ralph was a career railroader, employed in the maintenance of way department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, primarily in northern Florida and southern Georgia.
He married Ruby Estelle Nettles (1914-2010) in 1930 and together they had nine children: Marjorie Catherine (1931-); Kermit Stacey (1935-); Kemple Edward (1937-1938); Vondora (1940-2008); Marie Elena (1945-); Terrence Copeland (1946-); Sandra June (1947-); Gilbert Ralph (1948-); and Reitzel Shandra (1950-).
After retiring from the railroad, Ralph and Estelle moved from Tifton, Georgia, to Perry, Florida, where he died in 1987.
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