Gertrude Hill

Funeral Services for Gertrude Hill, 95, Clinton resident will be held 2:00 P.M. Thursday, September 10, 2020 in the Host Ministries Church, officiated by Pastor Joe Jefferson and Pastor Wilma Jackson. Burial will conclude in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Lee Gertrude Hill was born January 3, 1925 to Jesse Hill and Effie (Watson) Hill in Manitou, OK and passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 in the Clinton Alliance Health Emergency Room. Gertrude was raised in Temple, Oklahoma and attended her schooling in Frederick, OK. She had to leave her schooling early to work in the fields. She married Herman Tisdale in 1956 in Temple, OK. She moved to Clinton in 1969 and she worked in housekeeping both at the Ramada Inn and the Glancy Motel. She was a member of the Bethany Baptist Church; she enjoyed playing “Bingo”, and she was considered to be the local Dear Abby. She loved to sit on her porch and visit with young people and give good advice. She was well known for her kindness to everybody. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, daughter, Gertie Richardson, and two sons, Billy Bob Carr and Harry Tisdale; sisters, Elizabeth Schuyler, Della Mae West, Willie Mae and Belle Hill; brothers, Johnny Hill; grandson, Harry Phillips Hill and Bobby Carr; granddaughter, Alicia Allen. She is survived by three daughters, Willie Allen and husband, Robert, and Marilyn Hester and husband, Johnny, all of Clinton and Ida Marie Dowing, Temple, OK; sister, Kathrine Vimbule. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren, several great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.