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James Green “Jim” Hill
27 Nov 1930 – 27 Feb 2025
| Birth | 27 Nov 1930 |
| Death | 27 Feb 2025 |
| Cemetery | Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery Arlington , Tarrant County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Bob Bardo on 04 Mar 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/279263305 |
Bio
James Green "Jim" Hill (November 27, 1930 - February 27, 2025) James Green Hill was born in Portales, New Mexico, on November 27, 1930, to Robert Kelly and Florence Simms Hill. The Hill family moved to Frisco, Texas in 1932, where James graduated from Frisco High School in 1948. James joined the U.S. Air Force in January 1949, served during the Korean War, and was discharged in August 1951. James met his future wife, Adrienne Ann Reed, daughter of Weldon and Katheryne Reed, while on Christmas leave in December 1949 in Celina, Texas. They were married on December 23, 1950, in Denton, Texas. During their early years of marriage, James attended Arlington State College, now known as the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He was a lifetime member of the Thornton Elementary School PTA, was a board member and tutor for HOPE, was a past president of the Arlington Optimist Club, member of the Masonic Lodge #438 in Arlington since 1965, and a charter member of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Arlington since 1957, having been baptized as a Methodist in Frisco in 1937. For 20 years, James coached Optimist Pee Wee Football, with his Thornton Tigers winning the City Championship in 1969, one of his proudest moments as a coach. He also coached Optimist Pee Wee Baseball and the Arlington Junior and Senior League baseball teams. Jim Hill began his career at Chance Vought Aircraft Company in 1951, and enjoyed his job immensely for more than 42 years. He worked in Material Cost Control and Program Management. James was also involved in all of the Boeing programs -- the B-1B Bomber, C-17 McDonnell Douglas Transport, several missile projects, and the B-2 Stealth Bomber Program. He loved being around aircraft, which drove his choice of military career, profession, and hobby of restoring Vought-made aircraft. Since 1996, James was a loyal board member of the Vought Retiree Club, restoring old Vought aircraft for display in museums across the country, and preserving the company's history, while also having served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Vought Heritage Foundation. James is preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Adrienne Ann, who passed in 2007, by his sisters, Mildred Penland, Margaret Floyd, and Merle Kaderka, and by his brothers Robert Hill, Kelly HillJr., Edwin Hill, and Monte Lee Hill. He is survived by his sister, Martha Ann Carter, of Waco, Texas; his son, James Richard "Rick" Hill, of Arlington, Texas; his daughter, Melanie Kay, and her husband, Spencer Richardson, and granddaughter, Dawn Adrienne Lavender, all of Arlington, Texas; and by his daughter, Kelly Ann, and her husband, Brad Harwick, of Round Rock, Texas, and granddaughter, Mallory Michele, of Missouri City, Texas, and grandson, Collin Bradford, of Belton, Texas; and many nieces, nephews, friends, and Ann's sister, Mona Taff. Donations can be made to Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist, the Vought Heritage Foundation, or to your preferred charity. A visitation for James will be held on Friday, March 7, 2025 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 North Davis Drive, Arlington, Texas 76012. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 2020 South Collins Street, Arlington, Texas 76010. A committal will occur Saturday, March 8, 2025 from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. at Moore Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens, 1219 N Davis Dr, Arlington, Texas 76012. James Green "Jim" Hill, 94, a long-time employee of Vought Aircraft, passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Jim was President Emeritus of the Vought Heritage Foundation, which was formed to preserve the history of Chance Vought Aircraft and its successor companies. Jim was born on Thursday, November 27, 1930. He met the love of his life, Ann Reed, in Celina, Texas in November 1949, while he was in the U.S. Air Force. After Ann graduated from Denton High School in 1950, she and Jim married on Saturday, December 23, 1950. Jim was predeceased in 2007 by his loving wife of 56 years, Adrienne Ann "Ann" Reed Hill. Survivors: children -- James Richard "Rick" Hill of Grand Prairie, Texas, Melanie Kay Richardson and husband Spencer of Arlington, Texas, and Kelly Ann Harwick and husband Brad of Round Rock, Texas; brother, Weldon Reed and wife Margaret of Irving, Texas; and grandchildren -- Dawn Lavender of Arlington, Texas, and Mallory and Collin Harwick of Round Rock, Texas. Interment: Moore Memorial Gardens, in Arlington, Texas.
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