Rev. Orvel Lee Hill, age 93, of Clinton, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2002, at the Mariner Health Care Center.

Rev. Hill was born September 16, 1908, in Jefferson County.

He was a member of First Wesleyan Church in Clinton. He was a brick mason by trade and a Pilgrim Holiness Minister.

Preceded in death by parents, Maston Tate and Florence Hill; brothers Henry and Obie Hill; sister, Cecil Holt.

Survivors: wife of 61 years, Margaret Louise Lamb Hill of Clinton; daughters, Barbara Jean Kesterson, Kay Francis Manning, Kathy Louise Carter, Chris Ann “Penny” Mayes and Marla Kay Ellis, all of Clinton, Pamela Marie Young of Knoxville; sons, Orvel Lee Hill, Jr., of Lake City, James Oscar Hill and Don Aaron Hill, both of Clinton, William Edward “Eddie” Hill of Knoxville, Anthony “Tony” Allen Hill of Oliver Springs; son-in-law and caregiver William Carter of Clinton; brother, the Rev. Lee Hill of Dandridge; several nieces and nephews; 27 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

The family will receive friends 3:30-4:30 pm Sunday, April 21, 2002 at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with the funeral service following at 4:30 pm in the chapel with the Rev. Samuel Condon, the Rev. Rob Steinbrook and the Rev. Troy Keaton officiating. Interment will follow the service at Sunset Cemetery.

Holley-Gamble Funeral Home of Clinton in charge of all arrangements.

Source:
Clinton Courier News
21 April 2002