Celebration of Life for Velma B Hill, 75, New Smyrna Beach FL who died Monday, August 23, 2010 will be 2:00 PM Wednesday at Baldwin Brothers Heritage Place 1 North Causeway New Smyrna Beach with The Reverend David Starkey of Servants' Quarters Fellowship officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until service time.
Velma was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee. She served as a special education educator for over 40 years in several counties in Florida. Locally she worked at Read-Pattillo Elementary, Coronado Elementary, Starke Elementary in Deland and Saint Paul's Catholic School in Daytona Beach. Her family remembers her dedication to the children she taught many of whom thanked her for believing in them no matter what.
She leaves to cherish her memory a daughter Melissa and Allyn Graham of Edgewater, brother Clay E and Joann Boyd, Jr of Johnson City, TN, sisters Faye and Glenn King of Brentwood, TN and Jeweldene and Richard Calvetto of Cocoa Beach, FL, one grandson Brock Graham, nieces and nephews Patricia King, PhD, Glenna Sue Osborn, Rick King, Elizabeth Boyd, Ruth Stokes, Clay E Boyd, III, Jennifer Hansen, Julie Lopez, Rich Calvetto, Karen Calvetto and her beloved pup Ginger.
Memorial donations are requested to American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.
2:00 PM at Baldwin Brothers Memorial Chapel 1 North Causeway New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169 on August 25, 2010 (map/driving directions)