Funeral Rites to be Held for Mrs. J.M. Hill

Unknown Newspaper
October 1961

Funeral rites will be held Friday afternoon (today) at 2:30 o’clock at the First Christian Church for Mrs. J.M. Hill who died Wednesday night at her home. Mrs. Hill had been in failing health for some time. The Rev. L.B. Jenkins, Rev. Gus Hamage and Rev. Howard L. Holland will officiate at the service. Interment will be in the family plot at Hillcrest cemetery. Nephews of the deceased will serve as pallbearers. They will be: C.D. Hughes, Harold Dykes, M.C. Blackburn, Henry Abbott, John Neighbors, and Wm. Major Bowles.

Leora Dykes Hill was born in Forney Oct. 7, 1888. Her parents were Wm. Dykes, Sr., and Sally Sarah Baker. She was married to J.M. Hill August 13, 1905. To this union two daughters were born. Her husband passed away in 1946. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. R.A. Weatherford of Forney and Mrs. James D. McCormack of Garland; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C.D. Hughes of Forney and Mrs. Jack Spratt of Dallas; and one brother, Wm. Dykes, Jr., Dallas.

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Leora Dykes Hill

Dallas Morning News
6 October 1961

HILL

Mrs. J.M., passed away Wednesday. Survived by daughters, Mrs. R.A. Weatherford, Forney; Mrs. James D. McCormack, Garland; three grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. C.D. Hughes, Forney; Mrs. Jack Spratt, Dallas; brother, William Dykes, Jr., Dallas; a number of nieces and nephews. Services 2:30 p.m. Friday. First Christian Church. Interment Hillcrest Cemetery.

ANDERSON-CLAYTON
Forney, HI5-3301

Note: Leora Dykes Hill is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery next to her husband James Monroe Hill.