Saturday, August 31, 2024
Grady Cloyce Hill was born in Gatesville on June 11, 1943, the fifth child of six. He died peacefully at Providence Hospital in Waco on Aug. 1, 2024. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. at Scott’s Funeral Home. Private interment followed at Jonesboro Cemetery.
Grady graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1961. Following graduation, he joined the National Guard where he was called to serve in the United States Army in Fort Polk, Louisiana during the Berlin Crisis
There were only two times he wasn’t self-employed. For a short while he worked for Howard Smart in road construction. Later, Grady and his two brothers, Neil and Bobby, created a food service that delivered eggs, meat, and other products in Gatesville, Copperas Cove, and Killeen. Grady enjoyed working with his brothers. It was in Killeen that Grady first met a customer named “Mary.” Several years later she became his wife. Grady worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice first in Marlin, then in Gatesville where he retired.
Grady was preceded in death by his parents, C.E. (“Red”) Hill and Dovie (Huggins) Hill; three siblings, Elwood Hill and wife, Jackie, Tommy Hill, Neil Hill, and brother-in-law, Clifford Johnson; son, Mark Vick; and granddaughter, Mindy Jenkins.
Grady is survived by his wife of 34 years, Mary (McGlauflin) Hill; two siblings, Mary Lou Johnson, and Bobby Hill and wife, Peggy; two sisters-in-law, Joan Hill and Mable Hill; children, Laurie Goulart; John Vick and wife, Becky; and Matthew Vick and wife, Ashley; grandchildren, Joshua Jenkins and wife, Misty, Tristan Jenkins and wife, Lacey and Ethan Jenkins and wife, Tifanie, Brazos Vick, Hudson Vick, Brenan Vick, and Pierson Vick; and great-grandchildren, Jacob and Mason Jenkins; Ayden and Landon Jenkins, and Sterling, Stetson, and Julien Jenkins.
Grady’s greatest accomplishments were being a husband, father, and grandfather. He followed the Bible and lived by it daily. He will be missed by many.
