Buckeye, AZ


Here's Art in 1957 as KN5IJG


...and 53 years later, thing have changed, just a little!

From the "North County TIme"
Aug 7, 2012

Willard Arthur (Art) Hill of Buckeye, Arizona passed away Monday, Aug 6, 2012.  Willard Arthur Hill was born November 20, 1940 in Columbus, Mississippi to Willard and Merle Hill (deceased).  He grew up in Columbus and attended S.D. Lee High School and University of Southern Mississippi.

Art worked his way up in the pharmaceutical industry and retired from Baxter Pharmaceutical Company.  He and Mary, his wife of 49 years, met in high school and married in 1963.  He was a loving husband and father to one son, Joseph Arthur and one grandson, Wyatt Joseph Hill of Goodyear, Arizona.  Arthur has one sister, Becky Johnson of Oxford, Mississippi.  He was an avid vintage car collector and love being an Ham Radio Net Controller.

Arthur lost his valiant battle with cancer while in Hospice of the Valley.  There will be no service.  Contributions can be made in Arthur's memory to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85014.