Mr. Lester Clifton Hill, age 93, a resident of Blounts Creek, died Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Autumnfield Rest Home of Pinetown.

A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at Ephesus Free Will Baptist Church, officiated by Pastor Michael Hill. Burial will follow in Pamlico Memorial Gardens of Washington. Earl Rascoe, Doug McRoy Sr., Jim Hill, Doug Crumpler, Mike Clark and J.T. Evans will serve as pallbearers.

The family received friends 6:00 pm. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, August 7, 2017 at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington.

Mr. Hill was born in Beaufort County on August 30, 1923, son of the late Lazarus Hill and the late Matilda Cutler Hill. He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and received a Purple Heart. On September 6, 1952, he married the love of his life, the former Marie Grant who survives. After serving in the Army he worked as an electrician until his retirement. Mr. Hill was a member of Ephesus Free Will Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, a Sunday school teacher and Sunday school superintendent. Mr. Hill had a deep love for his Lord, family and anyone else he laid his eyes upon. He wanted to make sure you knew the Lord and would help you know where you would spend eternity. These traits made him a man that “to know him was to love him.”

Surviving along with his wife Marie of the home is a daughter: Merri Noel Hill Wallace and her husband Gary of Blounts Creek and grandchildren: Matthew Wallace and his wife Meredith and Kelsey Wallace. Mr. Hill was predeceased by three sisters: Vina Warren, Rosa Taylor and Edna H. Edwards and three brothers: Walter Hill, Charlie Hill and Truman Hill.

In lieu of flowers the family kindly asks for memorial contributions be made to Ephesus Free Will Baptist Church, 2685 Ephesus Church Road, Blounts Creek, NC 27814.

Online condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com.

Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Hill family.