- Date Of Birth: October 12, 1922
- Date Of Death: March 23, 2014
- State: North Carolina
Guinell “Flossie” Hill of 1211 Cedrow Drive departed her long earthly life of ninety-one years on March 23, 2014.
Guinell was born on October 12, 1922 to the late Mable Dye Childress and Will Simmons. She was loved and raised by her stepfather, Henry Childress. Guinell was a native of Hickory Grove South Carolina but chose to live her adult life in High Point. She was married to husband, Large Hill for twenty-seven years and they had three children. Guinell was a domestic worker, but also worked for Furrs Fish Market and last employed at Alma Desk for twenty-one years before retirement. She was a faithful member of First Emmanuel Baptist Church for seventy-three years. She served faithfully as a Mother of the church and member of the Missionary Board until failing health prevented her from attending.
In addition to her parents and stepfather she was preceded in death by two children, Mable Famer and James T. Howell II; and one grandson.
Surviving relatives include four daughters, Hattie Hill of the home, Janet Graham, Betty H. McLean of High Point, and Annie Howell of Baltimore, MD; two sons, Jerry (Octavia) Hill of Fayetteville, and Frankie C. Howell of Ft. Worth, TX; a granddaughter that she raised as her own, Owennetta Hamrick of Houston, TX; sixteen grandchildren, twenty-three great grandchildren; seventeen great great grandchildren; one great great great grandchild; one nephew; best friend, Betty Peguese; a special young man, Richard Franklin whom she kept from childhood, as well as numerous friends and neighbors who were dedicated during her illness.
