Obituary for Nellie Estell Hill

Services for Nellie Estell Hill, 99, of Brownfield will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug 6, in the Brownfield First Baptist Chapel with Ernest Smith officiating. Burial will be in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hill died Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, in Brownfield. She was born Dec. 24, 1907, in Jacksonville, AL., to Arthur and Julia Ponder Lusk. She attended Lou School in Dawson County. She married Howard Hill on June 28, 1925, in Brownfield. He preceded her in death Jan. 8, 1987.

Mrs. Hill and her husband farmed in the Union and Scuddy Communities in Terry County for many years. Nell loved quilting and crafts. She was a member of the Eastern Star for over 50 years. She was also a member of Tate Street Church of Christ.

She was also preceded in death by two sons, Edward H. and James D. Hill; three sisters and one brother and is survived by her daughter--Ellen Bearden and her husband Homer of Brownfield; two sisters--Ada McCarty of Grapevine and Cliffie Heasley of McClean; ten grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Her grandchildren will be pallbearers.

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