Hill, Mary Ruth Messenger

Mary Ruth Messenger Hill, 90, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 8, 2006, when 
she died at a Longview hospital. She was born February 15, 1916, in Hillsdale, Oklahoma, 
to Martin Joseph and Goldie Overton Messenger. Mrs. Hill, a former resident of Wichita, 
Kansas, moved to Longview in February of 1998 from Aransas Pass. She was a homemaker, a 
member of the Oakland Heights Baptist Church, and for more than 27 years, she was a school 
nurse for the Wichita, Kansas school district. Mrs. Hill was preceded in death by her husband, 
Kent Pershing Hill in 2001; a sister, June Atkinson in 1993; a brother-in-law, Tommy Atkinson 
in 1999; and a brother, Lee Messenger in 1999. She is survived by her sons, Clifford Lee Hill 
of Longview, Jerry Kent Hill of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Jimmy Hill of Green River, Wyoming; 
her sisters, Elda Bell Coleman of Pakastan, and Ada Rhea Harding of Enid, Oklahoma. Funeral 
services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 11, 2006, at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel, with 
the Rev. Tom Roberson officiating. Burial will be 3 p.m. Thursday, October 12, 2006, at the 
White Chapel Cemetery in Wichita, Kansas. Memorial contributions may be made to Heart'sWay 
Hospice, 1306 Pine Tree Rd., Longview, TX 75604. Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday 
evening, October 10, 2006, at Rader Funeral Home at 1617 Judson Road in Longview. A memorial 
guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/10/2006.