Edgar Young Hill, Jr.

Edgar Young Hill Jr.

September 13, 2023

Lieutenant Colonel Edgar "Eddy" Young Hill Jr., age 78, of Gloster, Mississippi, died on September 13, 2023, at Shady Lawn in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Eddy was born on July 9, 1945, in Centreville, Mississippi, to Edgar Y. Hill Sr. and Elry Butler Hill.

Eddy was a 1963 graduate of Gloster High School, and in 1968 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the College of Business at Mississippi State University. Following 35 years of service, Eddy retired from the Army National Guard of Mississippi in 2004. After his retirement from the Guard, Eddy continued his service as a Department of Defense civilian employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, finally retiring in 2011. Eddy loved and took pride in his daughters and grandchildren, and he found great joy as a grandfather. Eddy was steadfast in his loyalty and is particularly remembered for his intelligent disobedience, wit, dry humor, generosity, and frankness in "speaking the truth." Eddy will be greatly missed.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his former spouse Kathleen Rooney Hill, and his brother-in-law Charles W. Hair III.

Eddy is survived by his current spouse Margaret Aldridge Madison Hill of Gloster; former spouse Sharon Graham Hill of Summit; daughter Shannon Hill Mangiapane and granddaughter Molly of Louisiana; daughter Rebecca Elaine Hill and granddaughter Eloise Hill Viana of Maryland; daughter Sharon Robin Hill Brown, her spouse Cory, and grandsons Preston and Harrison of Florida; and stepson Jeff Madison, his spouse Crista, and step grandchildren Emma Grace, Jon Paul, and Luke of Louisiana. He is also survived by his sister Beverly Brumfield and brother-in-law Ike Brumfield of Tennessee and his sister Nelwyn Hair of Louisiana, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and grand nieces and nephews.