Roosevelt Hill

Deacon Roosevelt Hill of Tampa, FL passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 27 at 2:00 p.m. at Exciting Faith Alive Church, 5705 E. 32nd Avenue, Pastor Antonio Hawkins, officiating with Pastor Gregory Hill, Eulogist.  Interment will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Park.  Please follow the CDC Guidelines. Masks are required.  

Deacon Roosevelt Hill was a native of Silas, Alabama.  He was educated in the public schools of Choctaw County, AL and last attended Shady Grove School.  He was a resident of Tampa, Florida for over 60 years.  Deacon Hill was a faithful and founding member of First John Missionary Baptist Church where he proudly served as the Chairman of the Deacon Board until his death.     He retired as a laborer from Martin Marietta Asphalt Company after many years of dedicated service.

He was preceded in death by: his loving wife, Thelma Hill; parents, George Hill and Mary Bend Hill; siblings, Mary Pearl Hill, Racheal Philon, Will Hill, West Hill, Homer Hill, John Hill, Allen Hill, Clinton Hill and Juri Hill; and four stepchildren.

He leaves to cherish his memory: his loving children, Geraldine Hill, Roosevelt Hill, Jr., George Hill, Darrell Hill, Pastor Gregory Hill, Tawanda Hill, Yolanda Hill, Sheila Smith, Cynthia Berry, and Shawn Fraizer; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, other sorrowing relatives, his church family and friends.

The remains will repose from 3 – 7 p.m. Friday, February 26 at Ray Williams Funeral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606. We are asking family and friends to please follow the CDC Guidelines.  Masks are required.

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