Mr. Leroy F. Hill Obituary (1933

Mr. Leroy F. Hill, 81, passed away on February 9, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Mr. Leroy was born May 16, 1933, in Tupelo, the son of the late Clarence and Joseph Goolsby Hill. He was a member of Pine Bluff Baptist Church in Clay County. He was a School Teacher, having taught marketing and fashion merchandising at an all girls college for a number of years. He was also a placement director at the college. Later he became a supervisor at Dillard's Department Store in the Shoe Department. He married Daisy Faye Allen Hill on June 21, 1974, in North Little Rock, Ark. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son: Kenneth Ballard; a Sister, Rebecca Durham; and a Brother, David Goolsby. Funeral services will be Thursday, February 12, 2015, at 2:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Brother Hilton "Butch" Simmons officiating and assisted by Brother Zane Parker. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in West Point. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include His Wife Daisy F. Hill of Cedar Bluff; His daughter Ruth Wooten (Scotty) of Montpelier; His sons, Tony Hill (Becky) of Cedar Bluff and Terry R. Ballard of North Little Rock, AR,; Ten grandchildren and Eleven great grandchildren; His sisters, Rachel Neugin of Prairie Grove, AR, and Barbara Wilhelm of Cincinnati, OH, and His brother Johnny Goolsby (Betty) of St. Paul, AR. Pallbearers will be Yancy Wooten, Toby Wooten, Cole Wooten, Riley Wooten, Austin Williams, J.R. Ballard, Stan Dorroh, and Mike Smith, Jr. Honorary Pallbearers will be Tom Ferguson, Kermit Nabors, and the Men of Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Pine Bluff Baptist Church, C/O Betty McNeel, 7999 Colony Road, Pheba, MS 39755 or to Clay County Humane Society, 1212 Old Tibbee Road, West Point, MS 39773. Visitation will be Wednesday 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com