Obituary of Jewel Hill

Funeral services for Jewell Marie Hill, 88, New London, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 23, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel in Overton with Chaplain Dick Cayce officiating. Private burial will be in the Salem Cemetery near Arp. Mrs. Hill died Sunday, February 19, 2006 in a New London nursing home. She was born September 8, 1917 in Lindale to the late Gussie and Rosa Pasley Huey. She lived most all her life in East Texas having lived in Tyler, Kilgore, Overton and New London. She worked as a private sitter and was a member of the Kilgore First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Lorene Slack, and a sister Lillie Nesbitt. She is survived by a daughter, Francis Langford, Austin; a brother, Wallace Huey, Lindale; a sister Jeanette McGuire, West Ulm; six grandchildren, Michael Langford, Larry Gilliland, Jason Langford, Harold Gilliland, Connie Padillo, and Lynn Devarck; several great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, at the funeral home.