Allie Josephine Hill Hedgepeth

Allie Josephine Hill Hedgepeth, 76, died October 1, 2010, unexpectedly following surgery for lung cancer. She was a native of Memphis, TN, and lived in Jackson, MS, and Deerfield, IL, before moving to Jacksonville in 1981. The devoted wife of the late Jay Homer Hedgepeth, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Bruce and Pauline Baskin Michie Hill. The oldest of six siblings, she is pre-deceased by her sister Paula Baskin Hill Carlos and brother Thomas Michie Hill.

Mrs. Hedgepeth is survived by her daughter, Allison Rhea Hedgepeth Clock, and her husband, William John Clock, of Newport News, VA; her son, Jay Homer Hedgepeth Jr. and his wife, Jeanne Hedrich Hedgepeth, of Palatine, IL; her granddaughters, Madeline Josephine Hunt LeCuyer and Grace Elizabeth Hedgepeth; sister Margaret Hill Holderfield; brothers Allen Bruce Hill (Libby) and Lloyd Rhea Hill (Trudy); and a host of loving in-laws, nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Hedgepeth was a communicant of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, recently serving on its Vestry as liaison to the Episcopal High School and the Episcopal Preschool. She was past Dir. of the Sanctuary Guild and past Pres. of the ECW, a former chalicer and acolyte. She was a member of the Daughters of the King and the Thursday morning Bible Study.

She was an active member of the Women’s Board of the Wolfson Children’s Hospital-Baptist Medical Center and was first recipient of its Abbey Volunteer Award. Mrs. Hedgepeth was Past President of the Empire Point Garden Circle, honorary lifetime member of Jacksonville Garden Club, and a member of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago.

Mrs. Hedgepeth attended Mississippi College and Memphis State University. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She worked as a secretary for the American Petroleum Institute and secretary to the Speaker of the House of Mississippi. In Deerfield she worked for the Public Library.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6, at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral. Family will receive visitors after the service. Inurnment will be held at a later date. The family suggests donations to St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral or the Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

Arrangements are by Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, 4115 Hendricks Avenue.