Funeral service for Margaret Christine Ellenburg Hill age 92 of Hartselle will be Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 3:00pm at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Bobby Ray Halbrooks officiating with burial in the Decatur City Cemetery with Peck Funeral Home Directing. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at the funeral home.
Mrs. Hill, who was born August 12, 1921 in Limestone County to Frank Thomas Ellenburg and Nina Lee Mooney Ellenburg, died on Monday, September 9, 2013 at Decatur Health and Rehab. She was a lifelong member of the West End United Methodist Church where she was faithful to teach Vacation Bible School and was very active in Mission and the Methodist Women’s Organization. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Edward Hill who died in 1959 and with the help of the Lord she raised her children in Church and trained them to do the right things and to respect one another and others. She loved to Listen to “Stroll over Heaven” and “It Is Well with my Soul” and her favorite Bible verses were John 3:16, John 13:35 and the 23rd Psalm. She was also preceded in death by a baby daughter; Margaret Hill, by two sisters; Ann Bowman and Irene Adams and by three brothers; Alvin, William and Neal Ellenburg.
She is survived by a son; Charles “Buddy” Edward Hill (Sue) of Hartselle, 4 daughters; Linda Hill Rose (Keith) of Hartselle, Glenda Gail Reyer (Dorsey) of Birmingham, Joann Ennis of Hartselle and Peggy Lee McClellan (Kenneth) of Falkville. 10 Grandchildren, 18 Great Grandchildren and 7 Great Great Grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Michael Reyer, Cameron Hill, Joshua Brown, Kenneth McClellan, Dorsey Reyer and Brian Hancock II.
