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Edward Hughes Hill
Jan 16, 1925 — Mar 3, 2009
Edward Hughes Hill
Edward Hughes Hill, 84, of Kingsport, TN, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at Holston Manor after a long illness.
He was born January 16, 1925 in Augusta, GA, the son of the late Hughes Hal Hill and Sadie Mims Hill.
Mr. Hill was a graduate of the Citadel in Charleston, SC where he served as a Cadet Captain. He served two years in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Mr. Hill received a Masters Degree in chemistry from Duke University in 1950 prior to beginning work at Tennessee Eastman Company. He retired from Eastman in 1987.
Mr. Hill was a longtime member of the Anglican Church of Good Shepherd in Abingdon, VA where he served as Senior Warden for a number of years.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte Hill; son, Dr. Hal Hill and wife Liesa and their children, Scott and Audrey Jeanne of Chattanooga, TN; and daughter, Rosalind Cantrall and husband Jeff and their sons, Alex and Greg of Syracuse, NY.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday March 6, 2009 at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport.
The memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday at the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd, 540 Colonial Road SW, Abingdon, VA 24210.
He was born January 16, 1925 in Augusta, GA, the son of the late Hughes Hal Hill and Sadie Mims Hill.
Mr. Hill was a graduate of the Citadel in Charleston, SC where he served as a Cadet Captain. He served two years in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Mr. Hill received a Masters Degree in chemistry from Duke University in 1950 prior to beginning work at Tennessee Eastman Company. He retired from Eastman in 1987.
Mr. Hill was a longtime member of the Anglican Church of Good Shepherd in Abingdon, VA where he served as Senior Warden for a number of years.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte Hill; son, Dr. Hal Hill and wife Liesa and their children, Scott and Audrey Jeanne of Chattanooga, TN; and daughter, Rosalind Cantrall and husband Jeff and their sons, Alex and Greg of Syracuse, NY.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday March 6, 2009 at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport.
The memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday at the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd, 540 Colonial Road SW, Abingdon, VA 24210.
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