Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Saturday, September 15, 2001

Hurston Merle Hill

Pelahatchie

Hurston Merle Hill, 81, died Friday, September 14, 2001, at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today and 3-6 p.m. Sunday at Ott & Lee Funeral Home of Brandon. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with burial in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl.

Mr. Hill was a native of Smith County and had been living in this area since 1960 moving from Forest. He was a retired poultry processor for Choctaw Maid. He attended Lorena Baptist Church.

Survivors include: his wife, Velma Ruth Hill of Pelahatchie; son, Billy Ray Hill of Pelahatchie; stepchildren, Dottie Ruth Harris of Pineville, Dorthy Vinzant of Pelahatchie, Harvey Rainer of Pelahatchie, Oscar Rainer of Terry and Jerry Rainer of Pelahatchie; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.