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Wayne HILL (VETERAN)

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

US National Guard
January 25, 1943-December 12, 1965

*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley


*Obituary
WHEELER - Funeral services for Joseph Wayne Hill, 22, West Texas State University student killed Sunday in a car-motorcycle accident at Canyon, will be at 2:30 p.m. today in the Wheeler First Baptist Church. The Rev. Dale Cain, pastor, will officiate.

Burial will be in the Wheeler Cemetery under direction of the Wright Denson Funeral Home.

Mr. Hill was born in Wheeler and graduated in 1961 from Wheeler High School. He was a member of the football, basketball and track teams while in high school.

A member of the Shamrock National Guard unit, he had attended Hardin-Simmons University of Abilene before transferring to WTSU.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hill of Wheeler, and a brother, Jimmy of Borger.

(Published in Amarillo Daily News - December 14, 1965)

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Joseph Wayne Hill
Date of Birth: 25 Jan 1943
Gender: Male
Birth County: Wheeler
Father's name: George Harold Hill
Mother's name: Esther Erma Wood
Roll Number: 1943_0005

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Joseph Hill
Death Date: 12 Dec 1965
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male

Contributed on 11/2/21

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Record #: 466455

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Submitted: 11/2/21 • Approved: 11/3/21 • Last Updated: 11/6/21 • R466455-G0-S3

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