Ethel Frances Fuqua Hill

Ruffin - Ethel Frances Fuqua Hill, 85, of 552 Ashland Road, quietly and peacefully went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 5, 2012 at Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden, NC, surrounded by her loving family.Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM, Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at Wilkerson Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Marvin Bowman and Brother Frank Shumate officiating. The burial will follow in Mt. Gilead Methodist Church Cemetery in Trinity, NC. Ethel was born in Rockingham County to the late William Sharp Fuqua and Doshie Lawrence Fuqua. She had spent most of the last 3 ½ years with her daughter, Doris H. Stewart and son-in-law, John Stewart. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Franklin Hill; brothers, James Fuqua, John "Jack" Fuqua and Ofurl Fuqua and sisters, Louise McMillion and Myrtle Giles. She is survived by her daughters, Doris Stewart and husband, John and Betty Brooks and husband, Leonard, both of Ruffin, NC; brother, Russell J. Overby; sisters, Irene Evans and Joy Martin; grandchildren, Johnny Stewart and wife, Brook, Pamela Lawson and husband, David, Regina Sharpe and husband, Jason; Samuel, Beth and Caleb Brooks; great grandchildren, Cameron Stanley and Sydney Lawson, Austin Stewart and Adam Martin, Charity, Daniel, Faith and Hunter Sharpe.The family will be receiving friends Tuesday, August 7, 2012 from 7 - 9 PM at Wilkerson Funeral Home and other times at the residence.Wilkerson Funeral Home is assisting the family and condolences may be sent to www.wilkersonfuneral.com.