GRACE HILL
ODESSA, TEXAS-Graveside services for Grace Patterson Hill, 102, of Odessa, Texas, formerly of the Allen area are 1:00 p.m. Friday at the Allen Cemetery, Rev. Bob Langston will officiate. Friends and family may call at Criswell Chapel in Allen from 4:00 p.m. Thursday until service time.
Mrs. Hill died Monday, October 8, 2012 at an Odessa, TX hospital. She was born July 2, 1910 in Allen, Oklahoma to James David and Vallie McElroy Patterson.
She married William Owen Rice on August 12, 1927 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death. She later married Mark Hill in 1953 in Odessa. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Hill was a business owner. She owned a restaurant in Odessa and was affiliated with Martin and Bowen Real Estate. She resided in Texas for more than 70 years. She was a member of the Baptist Church and was an avid visitor of the track at the college in Odessa. Many of her favorite memories and activities centered on enjoying her dance club.
She is survived by a niece, Suzanne Phillips and her husband Gilbert of Healdton, OK; a nephew, Dale Burnett of Folsom, CA; and lifelong friends, Jimmy and Jane Long and Garry Lloyd of Odessa.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; two infant brothers Emmett and Ivor; three precious sisters, her twin, Hope McInroy, Lila Standifird, Elena Vinson Smith and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
Bearers will be Garry Lloyd, Jimmy Long, James Phillips, Daren Phillips, Larry Cumpton, Phillip Cumpton and Wilson Phillips. Honorary bearers will be Sienna Nursing Home Caregivers, The Prentice, Griffin and Sanders Families and The Odessa Dance Club.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada