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- Obituary in Dallas Morning News:
ANNE MEREDITH HILL MCMAHAN died peacefully December 2, 2015 at the Village of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas after a long, loving, and creative life. She was born to Lola Winifred McFarland and Joe Meredith Hill in Ft. Worth, Texas, July 12, 1921, and grew up in East Dallas, Texas with her sister Elizabeth Jane Hill (Thaggard) and brother Joe McFarland Hill. She was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and Hockaday Junior College in Dallas. August 15, 1941 she married Lewis Coleman McMahan in Sacramento, California. After the war they moved back to Dallas where they raised three children, Nancy Jane (Schweers), Lewis Hill, and Michael Coleman.
When the children reached school age, Anne began a long career as a kindergarten and elementary school teacher serving at Cedar Springs, Incarnation Day School, Wilmer-Hutchins, and Fannin Elementary schools. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa earning bachelor and master degrees with reading specialty from Texas Women's University in Denton, Texas. She was a faithful member of East Dallas Christian Church, the Church of the Incarnation, Northway Christian Church, the Mentor Club, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. A beloved friend, neighbor, colleague, cousin, aunt, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she will be fondly remembered as a remarkably wise, energetic, talented and simply delightful human being.
Her family members include Nancy and Frank Schweers of San Antonio, their children and grandchildren Danette and Roy Schweers of San Antonio, Frank Henry, Elizabeth Anne, and John Walter Schweers, Catherine and John A. Harper of San Antonio and Amanda Harper; Valerie and Lewis H. McMahan of Dallas, their children and grandchildren Amy and Michael T. McMahan, Madelyn and Lewis W. of Dallas, Corrie and David McMahan, Parker, Melanie, and Caroline of Tyler, Texas; Patty and Mike McMahan of Abilene, Texas, their children and grandchildren Kristi and Curtis McMahan, Everett and Tessa Anne of Boise, Idaho, Amanda Hill McMahan Newton and Evelyn of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and many dearly loved nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial will be at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery, 7405 W. Northwest Hwy, Dallas, Texas 75225 at 1 pm Saturday, December 12, 2015. A memorial service and reception will follow at 2 pm at Northway Christian Church, Dr. Doug Skinner officiating. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial gifts to Northway Christian Church, 7202 W. Northwest Hwy, Dallas, Texas 78225 or to the charity of your choice.
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1921 - 2015 (94 years)
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