JoAnna Hill

CAHABA MEMORIAL FUNERAL CHAPEL: Announce with deepest sympathy the passing of Mrs. JoAnna Hill on August 26, 2025.

JOANNA'S LIFE STORY: 

JOANNA HILL DEPARTED THIS LIFE TO RETURN TO THE OPEN ARMS OF HER CREATOR ON AUGUST 26TH, 2025.

JOANNA WAS BORN ON JAN 8TH 1959 IN BRENT, AL TO PHILMORE JAMES SR AND BERTHA MAE DAVIS SHE WAS RAISED IN FORT WAYNE IN. ON AUGUST 22, 1975, JOANNA MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, THOMAS A. HILL SR. TOGETHER, THEY SHARED A BEAUTIFUL UNION BLESSED WITH FIVE CHILDREN. SHE LATER JOINED ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE TO CHRIST, WALKING FAITHFULLY WITH HIM THROUGHOUT HER JOURNEY.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, PHILMORE JAMES SR. AND BERTHA MAE DAVIS; HER BROTHERS, PHILMORE JAMES JR. AND LUTHER CARL JAMES SR.; AND HER SISTER, DAISY JAMES.

JOANNA'S MEMORY WILL FOREVER LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF HER DEVOTED HUSBAND, THOMAS HILL SR.; HER FIVE CHILDREN, NATONIO (COURTNEY) HILL OF TUSCALOOSA, AL, SHALANDA (BOBBY) SANDERS OF CENTREVILLE, AL, THOMAS ALEXANDER HILL JR. OF KANSAS CITY, KS, TARISSA (ANTHONY) CUTTS OF TUSCALOOSA, AL, AND DANIELLE (MAURICE) BARNES OF MONTEVALLO, AL.

SHE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND FIVE LOVING SISTERS: JESSIE (DENNIS) OF FORT WAYNE, IN, GIRTHA (EARNEST) LOCKETT OF JACKSONVILLE, AL, BARBARA CRAIGHEAD OF BRENT, AL, MCKEBA CRAIGHEAD OF BRENT, AL, AND DIANE WILSON OF CHICAGO, IL; THREE BROTHERS: DAVID (ROSE) JAMES, DEXTER JAMES, AND BOOKER T. JAMES, ALL OF FORT WAYNE, IN; SIX BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN; FOUR PRECIOUS GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, EXTENDED FAMILY, AND DEAR FRIENDS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO CHERISH HER LEGACY OF LOVE, KINDNESS, AND FAITH.

JOANNA'S LIFE WAS A TESTIMONY OF STRENGTH, DEVOTION, AND GRACE. HER LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND HER UNWAVERING FAITH IN GOD WILL REMAIN A SOURCE OF COMFORT AND INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO KNEW HER.

PUBLIC VIEWING: Tuesday September 2, 2025, 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Cahaba Memorial Funeral Chapel Brent, AL 35034

FUNERAL SERVICE: Wednesday September 3, 2025, 11:00 AM at New Antioch Baptist Church 341 Old Pike Road Brent,, AL 35034. Rev. Terry J Bell Sr. Pastor

INTERMENT: Perkins Cemetery In Brent. AL

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