Marjorie Hill

Marjorie Evelyn "Sissy" Bell Hill, 84, of Searcy, Arkansas, was born May 3, 1931 at Garner, Arkansas to John Everett and Gladys Newton Bell. Sissy went to be with The Lord on Saturday, March 19, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was raised in Hickory Plains by John Everett "Humpy" and Louise Green "Buggins" Bell, who dearly loved and cared for and raised Sissy and Margaret as her own.

Sissy graduated from Beebe High School and graduated from Arkansas State Teachers (now known as University of Central Arkansas) with a Master's Degree in Education. Sissy was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma. There, she met and married her loving husband, George Adell Hill, Sr. They were married sixty-four years.

Marjorie (known to her Austin, Texas friends) taught and retired from teaching and influencing numerous students after twenty-nine years, at Austin Independent School District. She was a twenty-year member of the Windsor Park Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, and in her latter years, she attended First Baptist Church in Judsonia, Arkansas.

She is survived by a son, George Adell Hill, II (Laura); daughters, Johna Hill Edwards (Mark), Michele Hill Richter (Deven), Callie Hill Pigg (John); brothers Bobby Bell (Roz Anne), Billy Bell (Phyllis); sister-in-law Susanne Bell; eleven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a vast host of family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George Adell Hill, Sr., her parents, a sister, Margaret Ellen Bell Love, a special brother-in-law, Rommy Mac Love, a brother, Jerry Lynn Bell, and a niece, Susan Beth Bell.

Memorials may be made to T. G. Harris Elementary School, 1711 Wheless Lane, Austin, TX 78723.

Reception visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe, with Celebration of Life Service to follow at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be in Hickory Plains Cemetery, Hickory Plains, Arkansas. Arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe.