Mrs. Pearl Walters Hilton, 91, of 962 Glenwood St., died May 24, 1987, at Hinds General Hospital. Servics are 9:30 a.m. today at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Hilton, a native of Smith County, was a member of the Capitol Street United Methodist Church. During the Depression, she established the Mississippi Women's Sewing Project within the Federal Works Project Administration. During World War II, she was employed by the U.S. Air Force and later by the Veterans Administration.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Ina Twenter of Lansing, Mich.; sons, Dr. Emmett Hilton of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Andrew Hilton of New York City; brother, Reuben Walters of Rayville, La.; seven grandchildren, two great-grandsons and nieces and nephews.
Published in The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Wednesday, May 27, 1987
Mrs. Hilton, a native of Smith County, was a member of the Capitol Street United Methodist Church. During the Depression, she established the Mississippi Women's Sewing Project within the Federal Works Project Administration. During World War II, she was employed by the U.S. Air Force and later by the Veterans Administration.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Ina Twenter of Lansing, Mich.; sons, Dr. Emmett Hilton of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Andrew Hilton of New York City; brother, Reuben Walters of Rayville, La.; seven grandchildren, two great-grandsons and nieces and nephews.
Published in The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Wednesday, May 27, 1987
Mrs. Pearl Walters Hilton, 91, of 962 Glenwood St., died May 24, 1987, at Hinds General Hospital. Servics are 9:30 a.m. today at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in Lakewood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Hilton, a native of Smith County, was a member of the Capitol Street United Methodist Church. During the Depression, she established the Mississippi Women's Sewing Project within the Federal Works Project Administration. During World War II, she was employed by the U.S. Air Force and later by the Veterans Administration.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Ina Twenter of Lansing, Mich.; sons, Dr. Emmett Hilton of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Andrew Hilton of New York City; brother, Reuben Walters of Rayville, La.; seven grandchildren, two great-grandsons and nieces and nephews.
Published in The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Wednesday, May 27, 1987
Mrs. Hilton, a native of Smith County, was a member of the Capitol Street United Methodist Church. During the Depression, she established the Mississippi Women's Sewing Project within the Federal Works Project Administration. During World War II, she was employed by the U.S. Air Force and later by the Veterans Administration.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Ina Twenter of Lansing, Mich.; sons, Dr. Emmett Hilton of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Andrew Hilton of New York City; brother, Reuben Walters of Rayville, La.; seven grandchildren, two great-grandsons and nieces and nephews.
Published in The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS), Wednesday, May 27, 1987
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