Elizabeth W. Hill

Elizabeth White Hill, 94, widow of Herbert S. Hill, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007.

Born Jan. 18, 1913, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Johnson Knox White and the late Annie Elizabeth Mitchell White. She was a lifelong member of St. James Lutheran Church and was retired from the City of Sumter Water Department.

Survivors include two sons, Herbert (Jackie) Hill of Plano, Texas, and Billy (Kitty) Hill of Suwanee, Ga.; three daughters, Nancy (Emery) McElveen, Barbara (Robert) Baker and Sara (Freddie) Baker, all of Sumter; 10 grandchildren, Robbie Baker, John Baker, Pam Price and Paula Bledsoe, all of Sumter, Ray McElveen of Camden, Chris Baker of Missouri, Mike Baker of Lugoff, Stacy Archer of Gainesville, Ga., Beth Weiderhold of Marietta, Ga., and Debbie Lambert of Texas; 22 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; nephews, John “Buck” Lewis of Sunset Beach, N.C., Carlisle White and Randle Hill, both of Sumter; and nieces, Annie Laurie McLeod of Paxville and Jenny Curtis of Sumter.

Funeral services were held on Friday, June 8, 2007, in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dr. Tony Metze and the Rev. Elizabeth Platts officiating.

Burial followed in the Sumter Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Robby Baker, Chris Baker, Mike Baker, Ray McElveen, Wilber Watson and Will Baker.

Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Phillip H. Brandt and Dr. W. Strat Stavrou.

Memorials may be made to the St. James Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 1137 Alice Drive, Sumter, S.C. 29150; the American Heart Association, 320 Gervais St., Suite 300, Columbia, S.C. 29260-6604; or to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, S.C. 29210.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter was in charge of arrangements.