Obituary of Sarah Ann Hilling

WITH INCREDIBLE SADNESS WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF OUR MOTHER, SARAH ANN (PATTERSON) HILLING 85 OF MORGANTOWN WHO DIED SATURDAY MARCH 5 2016 AT HOME. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CLINTON PATTERSON AND CLEO HOWELL PATTERSON FAWLEY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BEULAH FREE METHODIST CHURCH IN MORGANTOWN. SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS AT MORGAN SHIRT FACTORY; FOOD SERVICE AT WVU TOWERS DINING HALL; AS THE SITE AND NUTRITION PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE ELDERLY AT NORTH CENTRAL WV COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOC; SALVATION ARMY AND SENIOR MONONGALIANS. SARAH ALSO WAS AN HONORS GRADUATE OF FAIRMONT STATE COLLEGE AND FORMER FREELANCE WRITER FOR THE DOMINION POST AND THE FAIRMONT TIMES WRITING ARTICLES ENTITLED "THE GOLDTIMERS IN ACTION," "GOLDTIMERS OF THE WEEK" AND "COMMUNITIES THAT HELP THEMSELVES." SARAH HAD A PASSION FOR READING AND COOKING. SHE ALSO ENJOYED "ENTERTAINING" HER FAMILY, PARTICULARLY HER GRANDCHILDREN. SARAH IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS; DENNY HILLING & WIFE FLORENCE OF LA MARQUE TEXAS, DOUG HILLING & WIFE MARY OF MORGANTOWN, ERIC HILLING & WIFE SUSAN OF MORGANTOWN. 3 DAUGHTERS; DENISE BOGLE AND HUSBAND JACK OF FREDERICKSBURG VA, LISA BIXENMAN AND HUSBAND JAY OF PLEASANTON TEXAS & ROBYN DUDLEY OF MORGANTOWN. 12 GRANDCHILDREN; BRANDON HILLING; JOSH , DOUG II, ERICA , TRAVIS , AISLING & MARIA HILLING; AJ HILLING & MICHELLE SHAFFER; SARA SIMS; NATALIE CORNELL & SHAWNA BURNS ; 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; 1 SISTER FAYE DALTON , 3 SISTERS IN LAW JANICE HESS , JOANN WOODS & HUSBAND DON & PATRICIA HILLING. SARAH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER & FATHER, HUSBAND DENNIS HILLING, GRANDSON CHRISTIAN HOUSER, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER EMILY LYNN HILLING, STEP FATHER NOAH FAWLEY, SISTER BONNIE NICHOLSON & BROTHER IN LAW TOM, BROTHERS IN LAW RAY PALMER, & HANK DALTON , SEVERAL BROTHERS & SISTERS IN LAW & STEP BROTHERS. IN ADDITION, HER AUNT JULIA HOWELL GUM AND UNCLE JOHN HOWELL OF WHOM SHE TOLD MANY GREAT STORIES. Family and friends will be received Tuesday, March 8th at Nicholson Chapel Church, Summers School Road from 2-9p.m. Visitation will continue on Wednesday, March 9th from 9a.m until the service at 11 a.m. with Rev. Lynda Masters officiating. Interment will follow in Summers Cemetery, Morgantown.