Marilyn Hill

Marilyn Sue Hill, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend passed away March 6, 2011 in Tyler, Texas. She was 61 years old. Susie was born in Tyler, Texas on July 26, 1949. She was the daughter of Robert Bryant Maynard, Sr. and Rose Ann Maynard. She graduated from Tyler Catholic High School in 1967 and was homecoming queen her senior year. Susie attended Tyler Junior College, Stephen F. Austin State University, and graduated from North Texas State University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Susie’s name has been synonymous with doing for others for over 40 years. Susie was a volunteer for the American Red Cross, YMCA, Smith County Association for Retarded Citizens, PTA, and Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America. Susie dedicated her professional life to building safe families, loving relationships, protecting the rights of women and children, and teaching life skills to countless people. Susie served her community by working at the East Texas Crisis Center, Parents Anonymous of Tyler, The Andrews Center, The Autism Services Center in Huntington, West Virginia, and most recently Metrocrest Social Services in Carrollton, Texas. Active socially and politically, Susie was a member of the League of Women Voters, served as a delegate to several Democratic State Conventions as well as the 1980 Democratic National Convention. Her work and her love for others will live on in the lives that she has touched and through the people she has helped. Her personal philosophy in life was “You only live one life here on earth – Do all you can while you can”. Susie was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald P. Hill. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Brian McDonald of San Antonio; son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Tish Hudson of Marshall; step daughter and son-in-law Ann and Sam Covin of Canyon; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Jenny Maynard of Lindale; brother and sister-in-law, Ronald and ¬¬¬¬JoAnn Maynard of Austin; sister and brother-in-law, Rosie and Dave Simmons of Whitehouse; sister Sandy Maynard of Lake Livingston; sister-in-law Pam Pizzo and mother-in-law Mrs. Ruth Hill of Broken Arrow, OK. She is also survived by eight grandchildren: Kaylan Ramsey, Savannah Ramsey, Sophie Hudson, Emma McDonald, Owen Hudson, Maggie McDonald, Hart Hudson, and Maeve McDonald and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Dave Simmons, David Hudson, Travis Smith, Otis Carroll, Dennis Murphy, and Johnny Simmons. Honorary pallbearers will be her nephews. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stewart Family Funeral Home. Services are scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Stuart Baskin officiating. Burial will follow at Concord Cemetery in Chandler, Texas. Memorials may be made to the Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas, 75701 or The East Texas Crisis Center, P.O. Box 7060, Tyler, Texas 75711.

Marilyn Hill

July 26, 1949 - March 6, 2011