Edward Cleo Hill

Tenn. on Dec. 30, 1922, passed away at home in Fairhope on Jan. 18,

of his life, his wife of 63 years, Frances Lorraine (Brown);

parents, Bertha Jane Gee (Brown) and Oscar Cleo Hill; stepfather,

Milburn Chester Gee; and one sister, Margaret

Edward Hill of Coal Township, Pa. and Joseph Benson Hill of

Fairhope; five grandchildren, Michael, Julia, Daniel, Teresa and

Aaron; and three great-grandchildren, Erin, Clayton and

after serving in the Army Air Force during WWII, worked as an

aircraft sheet metal mechanic at Pensacola Naval Air Station for

the remainder of his career. He retired to Fairhope in 1986, where

he enjoyed making friends and spending time at Quail Creek Golf

burial at the Fairhope Colony Cemetery on Monday Jan. 23, 2012, at

11 a.m., followed by a celebration of his life at his home, 157

suggested donations to Shepherd’s Place, a ministry of the Fairhope

United Methodist Church, 155 S. Section St., Fairhope, Al 36532,

where Ed enjoyed many hours during his final years dealing with