Annette Hilliard

© Marietta Monitor

June 27, 2003, pg 4

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Annette Hilliard, 63, of Marietta, were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 21, in the Marietta Church of Christ, with Travis Huffman, minister, officiating.

Mrs. Hilliard was born September 5, 1939, in Era, Texas, the daughter of R.T., Jr. and Brtha Robinson Martindale. She died Wednesday, June 18, 2003, in Arlington Memorial Hospital, Arlington, Texas.

A 1957 graduate of Grand Prairie High School, Mrs. Hilliard had been a resident of Marietta since 1991. She and Ray Hilliard were married February 2, 1961, in Cleburne, Texas. They resided in Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas during her husband's ministry with the Church of Christ. Mrs. Hilliard was a member of the Broadway Church of Christ in Gainesville, Texas, and was employed at the Gainesville Memorial Hospital.

Survivors include her husband, Ray Hilliard of Marietta; two daughters, Donna Rodgers of Keller, Texas, and Sandy Jackson of Denton, Texas; a son, Robert Hilliard of Emmett, Idaho; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Dwain Martindale of Burleson, Texas and Roy Lee Martindale of Joshua, Texas; and two sisters, LaVerne Weaver of Dallas and Sharan Acker of Houston.

Mrs. Hilliard was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Thadeous Ray Martindale.

Pallbearers were Greg Hambrick, Allen Woody, Bradley Randell, Vance Parr, Kenny Kastelic, Ty Kastelic and Bret Rodgers.

Interment was in the Rio Vista Cemetery, Rio Vista, Texas, under the direction of George J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home, Gainesville.