She was a graduate of Howard High School Class of 1950 and attended Zion College (City College). She was a teacher with Chattanooga City School System and East 5th Street Daycare. She was a member of Foxwood Height Community Club, Eastgate Senior Center, Senior Bowling and Line Dancer. She was a member of Prospect Baptist Church, Pantry Ministry, active in Sunday school and choir.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Nathaniel and Daisy Wheeler Blackwell; sister, Helen; brothers, Nathaniel, John Lee, and David; husband, Millard I. Hill; sister-in-law, Willie May Edwards.
Survivors include her sons, Gregory (Ricky) Hill, Tampa, FL, Millard Haven (June) Hill, South Bend, IN, Sean (Rhonda) Hill, Chattanooga, TN, Stephen (Kenya) Hill, Macon, GA; granddaughter, Dana (Robert) Dozier; brother-in-law, Willie Mack Edwards; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren; numerous cousins, Blackwell, Starks, Edwards, Hills, nieces, nephews; a host of other relatives and friends.
The body will lie in state after 12 noon Thursday, February 14, 2019 and visitation will be from 7 – 8 pm at the funeral home. A funeral service will be held at 12 noon on Friday, February 15th at Prospect Baptist Church. Interment: Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Arrangements by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Avenue, 622-9995
She was a graduate of Howard High School Class of 1950 and attended Zion College (City College). She was a teacher with Chattanooga City School System and East 5th Street Daycare. She was a member of Foxwood Height Community Club, Eastgate Senior Center, Senior Bowling and Line Dancer. She was a member of Prospect Baptist Church, Pantry Ministry, active in Sunday school and choir.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Nathaniel and Daisy Wheeler Blackwell; sister, Helen; brothers, Nathaniel, John Lee, and David; husband, Millard I. Hill; sister-in-law, Willie May Edwards.
Survivors include her sons, Gregory (Ricky) Hill, Tampa, FL, Millard Haven (June) Hill, South Bend, IN, Sean (Rhonda) Hill, Chattanooga, TN, Stephen (Kenya) Hill, Macon, GA; granddaughter, Dana (Robert) Dozier; brother-in-law, Willie Mack Edwards; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren; numerous cousins, Blackwell, Starks, Edwards, Hills, nieces, nephews; a host of other relatives and friends.
The body will lie in state after 12 noon Thursday, February 14, 2019 and visitation will be from 7 – 8 pm at the funeral home. A funeral service will be held at 12 noon on Friday, February 15th at Prospect Baptist Church. Interment: Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Arrangements by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Avenue, 622-9995
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