Joyce Laverne (Short) Hill (1929 - 2005)

Born 29 Jan 1929 in Stamford, Haskell County, Texas, United States

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Died 12 Apr 2005 at age 76 in Haskell County, Texas, United States

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Biography

Joyce Laverne Short was born on 29 Jan 1929 at Stamford, Haskell County, Texas, USA.^[1] She appeared on the census of 8 Apr 1930 in the household of her parents, Clifford Clayton Short and Mary Catherine Griffin, at Stamford to Haskel Highway No. 30, Haskell Co., Texas.^[2] She appeared on the census of 25 April 1940 in the household of Clifford Clayton Short and Mary Catherine Griffin at Haskell County, Texas.^[3]

She married Marvin Charles Green, son of Willie Green and Essie Aren, circa 1947.^[4]

She married James E. Hill^[4] on 31 May 1968 at Stamford, Haskell County, Texas, USA.

She died on 12 Apr 2005 at Haskell County, Texas, at age 76 and was buried at Highland Cemetery, Stamford, Haskell County, Texas.^[5] Her memorial has a photo of her headstone.^[6]

Obituary

15 April 2005

Abilene Reporter-News

Abilene, Texas, USA

Joyce Laverne Hill

STAMFORD- Joyce Laverne Hill, 75, of Stamford died Tuesday, April 12, 2005. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Thursday, April 14, 2005 at Trinity Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Wingrove officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Kinney-Underwood Funeral Home.

Joyce was born January 29, 1929 in Stamford, the daughter of the late Clifford Clayton and Mary Catherine Griffin Short. She married James Hill on May 31, 1968 in Stamford. Joyce was a retired insurance agent, was a lifetime resident of Stamford and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She was a homemaker.

Surviving Joyce are her husband, James Hill of Stamford; a son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Linda Green of Mesa, Arizona; a daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Kenneth Elkins of Stamford; 1 sister, Virgie London of Stamford; 8 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; and 5 great-great grandchildren.

Memorials may be sent to Hendrick Hospice Care, P.O. Box 1922, Abilene, Texas 79604.^[5]

Census

08 April 1930

Stamford to Haskel Highway No. 30, Haskell Co., Texas, USA.

• Short, Clifford C. age 42 m age 30 b. TX Laborer Odd Jobs.
• Mary C. wife age 31 m age 25 b. TX.
• Virgie M. dau age 2 11/12 b. TX.
• Joyce L. dau age 1 2/12 b. TX.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Joyce Lauren Short, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" FamilySearch.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 4, Haskell, Texas; Roll: 2354; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 733.0; FHL microfilm: 2342088 1930 US Census. Clifford C Short.
3. ↑ 1940 Census C C Short. FamilySearch.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Odessa (Morrow) Isbell. Descendants of Elnathan Griffith - Isbell. 2005. Collection of Phil Smith.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Joyce Laverne Hill United States Obituary Collection Ancestry.com.
6. ↑ Joyce Laverne Hill memorial at Find A Grave.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Phil Smith for creating WikiTree profile Short-1592.