Willie Hill

Published 12:00 am Friday, April 9, 2010

FERRIDAY — Services for Willie Lee Hill, 97, of Ferriday, who died Friday, April 2, 2010, at her residence, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Harvest Baptist Church with the Rev. Justin Conner officiating.

Burial will follow at Ferriday Cemetery under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Greater St. Reed Baptist Church in Ferriday.

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Ms. Hill was born Dec. 4, 1912, in Willetts, La., the daughter of Louis and Carrie Brown Hill.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four children, Thelma Anna Ruth, Roosevelt and Vernell Thomas Sr.

Survivors include one son, James E. Thomas of Chicago; four daughters, Rosetta Mack of Oakland, Calif., Glinda F. Thomas and husband, Pete Morales, Maxine Duncan and husband, Antonne, all of Ferriday, and Lillie M. Fleming of Detroit; 21 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

Online condolences may be sent to www.concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.