Mattie Laura Brinson Hill

Mattie Laura Brinson Hill, 91, died November 27, 2011.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 1, 2011, at Cox Funeral Home Benton Chapel with Bright Newhouse and Connie DeBord officiating.  Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley.

Mattie was born in Donley County to Graham and Francis Brinson on December 14, 1919.  She was the oldest of three children and attended school in Hedley and Giles, Texas.  Mattie married the love of her life, W. E. “Tode” Hill at a very early age and they began their life journey together.  They farmed and worked very hard all their lives.  They shared their lives for 64 wonderful years.  Mattie always loved life and the work that was set before her.  She was never idle, but was never too busy when someone needed her help.  She was a long-time member of the Church of Christ.  After the passing of Tode in 1997, she left Donley County to live with her daughter in Amarillo.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Kenneth, a sister, Dorothy, her husband, an infant son, and her beloved son-in-law, Don.

She is survived by her daughter, Jane Ruth Owens; two grandchildren, Larry Owens and his wife Alta, and Karen Rogers and her husband, Eddie; four great-grandchildren, Laura Ann Owens, Donny Owens and his wife Colleen, Erin Rogers, and Chris Rogers and his wife Melissa; and was looking forward to meeting her great great-granddaughter, Riley.

The family suggests memorials be made to Rowe Cemetery in Hedley, Texas.

Please sign the online guestbook at www.coxfuneralhomeamarillo.com.