Hill, Essie Lynch

LAKE CITY: Mrs. Essie Lynch Hill, 90, wife of the late Monroe Jesse Hill, died Saturday, March 19, 2011, at Lake City Community Hospital. Mrs. Hill was born on June 6, 1920, in Florence County, a daughter of the late Tillman and Fannie Caulder Lynch. She was a member of Faith Holiness Church. She was a housewife and loved raising her children. She enjoyed cooking and working in her yard. Survivors include: Her children, Nell Powell and her husband, Maxwell of Coward, Legrand Hill of Florence, Ronald Hill of Scranton, Karen Hill of Scranton, Sharon H. Gray and her husband Edward of Kingstree and Joy Powell and her husband Andy of Scranton; 21 grand children including a close granddaughter, Kara Denise Ridgle; many great and great-great grandchildren; sisters, Mittie Collins and Pat McClam both of Scranton. Mrs. Hill was preceded in death by a sons, Kelly Hill, Levon Hill and Randall Hill; and 8 brothers. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 21, 2011, at Carolina Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Matthews Cemetery, Coward, SC. The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. Sunday at Carolina Funeral Home, 215 E. Highway 378 ByPass, Scranton, SC.