Gloria Yvonne was born in Rock Island, IL to Joseph Aubrey Nelson and Clara Belle (Howard) Ray. She was their youngest child and was raised in East Moline, IL at 313-19th St.. One of mom’s favorite recollections was helping her daddy put the shingles on the roof. She said her dad finally told her to go back down the ladder and stop “helping” because she had laid down too many shingles and he couldn’t keep up with her.
Mom attended McKinley and Hoffman Elementary Schools, United Township High School, and was 12 hours short of attaining her Associates Degree from Black Hawk College. Mom married Vincent R. Hill on April 25, 1962. As dad was in the U.S. Air Force, they were stationed in Dickinson, ND and Minot, MT. Partly due to those two assignments, she confided to me that she had no problem relocating to the desert in 1985 to get away from the snowy winters. After mom and dad divorced, she and Willie E. Binford married and subsequently divorced.
Mom was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings -- Willie B. Burrell, Jewell J. Perkins, Bobby L. Ray, and oldest son, Terence A. Hill. She is survived by her children, Janalee Y. Richards (Michael), Ronda W. Hill (special friend Julius Francisco), DeMoris J. Binford (Natalie), her son from another mother, Darnell L. Harper (Patty), grand-daughters – Krystian L. Corona (Santos) and Jessica A. Hill, grandsons – Ramon-Jai V. Hill-James (Clare), and Tyler A. Hill, her great-grand-daughters – Khloie M. Corona, Layla A. Hill-James, Haley E. Hill-James, McKenna F. Hill-James, and great-grandson – Gage V. Hill-James. In addition to numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins, she leaves two senior cousins – Lillian Springer (Little Rock, AR) and Christine Nelson (Los Angeles, CA), two brothers-in-law – Michael W. Hill (East Moline, IL) and Steven L. Hill (Denver, CO), and two special friends, Hughie Graham (Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Larry Gonzalez (Phoenix, AZ).
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