Funeral services for Willard Dean Hill, 88, of Silsbee will be 2:00 pm Thursday March 19, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Silsbee with a Masonic graveside service to follow at RS Farmer Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm Wednesday at Farmer Funeral Home.
Mr. Hill passed away March 15, 2015 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Mr. Hill was a native of Opal, Arkansas and a longtime resident of Silsbee. He worked as an Agent and District Manager for American National Insurance.
Dean is preceded in death by his parents Rupert and Mary Parks Hill; brother William Thomas Hill; sisters Bernice Weatherford, Melba Manasco and grandson Jeff Grisham.
Survivors include his wife of 69 years Willa Dean Hill; daughters Nancy Haworth and husband Michael of Orange, Deanna Welborn and husband Ricky of Silsbee; sisters Jane Payne of Dardanelle, Ark, Lorene Sheer of Searcy, Ark, Thelma Ray of Searcy, Ark; grandchildren Brandie Ousley and husband Daryl, Joseph Welborn and wife Shree, Andrew Haworth and wife Cindi, David Haworth and wife Kathy, Megan King and husband Shane; five great granchildren and many nieces and nephews.