Margaret "Maggie" Bearden Shofner (Hill)

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Funeral Services Held Here January 14 For Mrs. Eugene Forrest Shofner -- Funeral services for Mrs. Eugene Forrest Shofner were conducted on Sunday afternoon, January 14, 1951, at St. Mary Magdaline Episcopal Church with the rector of the church, the Rev. John DeForrest, officiating. Mrs. Shofner was a lifelong resident of Lincoln County, having descended from a line of prominent pioneers on both her paternal and maternal sides. She was the daughter of the late James B. and Margaret Bearden Hill. Her grandfather, the late Ebenezer Hill, came here in 1819 from New York and later published the first newspaper in the county issued weekly under the name of The Village Messenger. He and his brother, Joe Hill, compiled and published the weekly circulated Hill's Almana, copies of which are still preserved in this part of the state. Ebenezer Hill's wife was Mary Bryan Hill. An artist by nature, Mrs. Shofner was gifted with the violin and for many years was an intergal part of church and community music. She was gifted in the culture of beautiful flowers and loved the beauty of literature and nature. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Shofner is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Sullivan and Mrs. Putman Ream; one son, retired Commander James Newton Shofner; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph C. Higgins and Mrs. Holman Milhous, and three grandsons, James and Eugene Sullivan and Norman P. Ream III, all of Fayetteville. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. Source: Lincoln County News Fayetteville, Tennessee Thurs., January 25, 1951* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 3 2023, 3:44:21 UTC