10/06/1943 - 02/08/2023
Rockford, AL. - Patsy Robinson Hilyer, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away at her home surrounded by her loved ones February 8, 2023 after an extended illness.
Born October 6, 1943 to Dollie (Palmer) and J.D. Robinson, Pat grew up an only child who thought of her cousins as sisters and brothers. She learned to love her family and friends from the best, her very special mother. Even during her difficult final days, she looked forward to visits with her babies and often spent time sharing photos and stories of them with others. She enjoyed nothing more than loving her Lord, family, and friends well.
Pat was an active member of New Life Baptist Church in Equality, AL where she enjoyed worshipping the Lord with her friends since the 1970’s. Mrs. Pat often shared candy with the little ones, whether at church or in her home. She enjoyed watching her flowers grow and bloom and the many hummingbirds that came back to her yard year after year. She was much cherished and will be greatly missed until we join her in heaven.
Our loved one was predeceased by her parents, John Daniel and Dollie (Palmer) Robinson, her firstborn, a baby boy named Larry Marcus Hilyer whom she was anxious to see in heaven, and her son-in-law, Keith Bullard.
Pat is survived by the love of her life and husband of “4 days shy of 63 years”, Charles Larry Hilyer, her only daughter, Lori Hilyer Bullard, grandchildren, Whitney Long and husband, Richard, Jarrod Bullard and wife Kelly, and Kendall Belyeu and husband Jarvis. The five little people she adored most are great-grandchildren Briggs and Wesley Kate Bullard, Ellis and Kohen Belyeu, and Landry Long. Pat is also survived by two sisters-in-law, Ollie Jo Owsley and Judy Calloway, nieces, and nephews.
Pat would want us to thank the ladies whom she considered her friends at Coosa Valley Hematology and Oncology who gave her such kind and tender care, Dr. Mooney, who helped her have more time with her family, and the ladies of Enhabit Hospice who made their visits and offered her the attention and comfort that she needed at a time when she needed help most.
The family will receive friends Saturday, February 11, 2023 at New Life Baptist Church located at 759 Coosa County Rd 14, Equality, AL 36026 beginning at 11:00 a.m. The funeral will take place at 1:00 p.m. and will be led by Bro. Tim Hughes. Following the service, burial will take place at Swamp Creek Primitive Baptist Church located on Coosa County Rd 37 in the Richville Community.
Pallbearers will be Jarrod Bullard, Jarvis Belyeu, Richard Long, Terry Flowers, Micah Hughes, and Josiah Hughes.
The family will accept flowers or donations may be made to Swamp Creek Cemetery Fund, 1714 Coosa Co Rd 3 Rockford, AL 35136 in memory of Patsy J. Hilyer.
Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/sylacauga-al/radney-smith-funeral-home/8516.
Radney-Smith Funeral Home in Sylacauga, AL will direct the services.
