Connie Louise Hudson Hill passed away at her home on February 19, 2025. Connie was born and raised in Fayetteville and attended Robert E. Lee School and Central High School. She lived with her parents and siblings in the Fulton Addition neighborhood where she was at the center of the gang of neighborhood children who assembled most afternoons for baseball and other activities, often in the Hudson family yard. Childhood weekends were spent with her beloved grandparents on their farm in the Mimosa community, playing in the creek with her brothers.
Connie married David Hill in 1963 and embraced the life of a young farmer’s wife. With the addition of son, Johnny, and daughter, Angie, to her young family, Connie found her true calling – tirelessly devoting her life to her children. Connie was always available for school field trips and PTA tasks and served as a Girl Scout troop leader. Once her children were in their teens, Connie returned to work with her longest tenure serving as bookkeeper at the Fayetteville Coca-Cola plant until its closure. Connie will be remembered as a smart, hard-working woman who sacrificed her own needs and wants to make sure her children had every opportunity she could provide for them. Their successes in life are largely due to her devotion and encouragement.
After retirement, Connie doted on her grandchildren and cared for her mother during her declining years, becoming a fixture at Lincoln Care Center. Connie loved spending time outdoors. Even as her health declined, she found joy and contentment riding her lawnmower and working in her yard. She was a great lover of animals, having had too many house pets over the years to list, and fostered the birds, geese, deer, squirrels, foxes and other animals living near her home. She always kept hot dogs on hand for the neighborhood dogs who regularly paid her a visit.
Connie is survived by her children, Johnny (Faye) Hill and Angela Butler, and grandchildren, Quinton Hill, Adam Butler, Elliot Hill and Carter Hill. Connie is also survived by her brother, Evan (Susan) Hudson and sister Donna (Ken) Hard, and several nieces and nephews. She leaves behind devoted neighbors, Billy and Shannon Ferguson, and their children, Stella and Sam, who were like additional grandchildren to her. Connie was preceded in death by her parents, Hershel and Louise Hudson, and brother, Johnny Hudson.
A private memorial service will be held by her family. Memorials may be made to the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Animal Shelter, Humane Society of Lincoln County or Lucky’s Cat House feline rescue in Lewisburg.
Higgins Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Connie Louise Hudson Hill.
