Individual Details
(June 12, 1913 - March 14, 1997)
"Spencer resident and Van Buren County native Homer Cleveland (Cleve) Hillis, 83, died March 14 at Columbia River Park Hospital after an extended illness. A retired supervisor of highway maintenance with the Van Buren County Highway Department, a coal miner for 20 years and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of Ruben T. and Della Roberts Hillis and was preceded in death by his wife, Geneva Johnson Hillis in 1974; two brothers, James Marion and B.B. Hillis; and one sister, Nora Jane Hillis. He is survived by five sons, Donald T., Stanley, Douglas, James Hugh and Marty Hillis, all of Spencer; three daughters, Glenna Kay ____ of Sparta, Sue Grissom of Campaign and Sharon Shockley of Spencer; one brother, Jake Hillis of Spencer; 18 grandchildren and __ great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at High's Chapel with Billy ___ and Titus Ward officiating. Burial will follow at Shockley Cemetery in Van Buren County. High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements." (Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. 16 Mar 1997.)
Events
| Birth | June 12, 1913 | Van Buren County, Tennessee | | | |
| Death | March 14, 1997 | McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | | Rust | | | |
| Marriage | | Geneva A. "Jennie" Johnson | | | |
| Burial | | Shockley Cemetery, Van Buren County, Tennessee | | | |
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