Claude Bennett Hill

Claude Bennett Hill
ANSONVILLE -- Mr. Hill, 84, died Thursday, June 19, 2008 at Heritage Hills Living Center in Wadesboro.
The funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 22, 2008 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home in Wadesboro with Rev. Johnny Wilson and Rev. Bob Ledford officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in Rocky Mount Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will greet friends Sunday at the funeral home for one hour prior to the service and other times at the home.
Bennett was born June 24, 1923 in Anson County, NC a son of the late David Jefferson and Lilly Williams Hill. He was a retired carpenter, a veteran of the United States Marines, having served during World War II, a member of Ansonville Baptist Church and was the last charter member of the Ansonville Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Mary Neal Watkins Hill of the home; his children, Delaine (Dwight) McCormick of Wadesboro, NC, Betsy Kaye King and David W. Hill, both of Ansonville, NC; his daughter-in-law, Jane Lily Hill of Denison, TX; his grandchildren, Kim (Lynn) Carpenter of Norwood, NC, Traci (Jamie) Diggs of New Salem, NC, Nicole (Jeff) Stroupe and Travis (Gina) Hill, both of Morganton, NC, Jacky King of Greensboro, NC, and Cory King of New Orleans; 7 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Laura Young of Myrtle Beach, SC.
He was preceded in death by his son, William Bennett Hill and by one sister and five brothers.
The family would like to thank the staff at Heritage Hills Living Center for their excellent care given Bennett during his stay there.
Memorials may be made to Ansonville Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 337, Ansonville, NC 28007.
The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.leavittfuneralhomewadesboro.com.