Courtesy Stancil Family Reunion Archive
Wilbert Hill, the second child and second son of Fred and Arnettie Stancil Hill's four children, was born on April 14, 1913, in Johnston County, North Carolina.
Mayzell Boykin married Wilbert Hill on September 14, 1935.
Mayzell, the daughter of William Arrie Boykin and the granddaughter of Gilford R. Boykin, was born February 27, 1915. She grew up on a farm in O'Neal Township of Johnston County, North Carolina. Her mother passed away before 1920, and her father, William Arrie, later married Bertha around 1922, when Mayzell was 17. Bertha was 13 years younger than William.
Wilbert registered for the draft when he was 27 in 1940. He and Mayzell were living on Route 2 in Kenly, North Carolina.
Together, Wilbert and Mayzell raised a large and loving family of 10 children: Imogene Hill, Marvelene Hill, William Janel Hill, Cornelia Hill, Karen Hill, Sandra Hill, Linda Lorraine Hill, Sharon Teresa Hill and Debra Ann Hill.
Cornelia Hill, the fourth child, died as an infant in 1943.
Wilbert died just before his 53rd birthday on March 19, 1966. He is buried in the Boykin Family Cemetery on Highway 42 East near Kenly.
Mayzell Boykin Hill passed away at the age of 90 on July 29, 2005, at Wilson Medical Center. Mayzell is laid to rest beside her husband in the Boykin Family Cemetery. When Mayzell died, she had 25 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.
— Renn Stancil Hinton, daughter of George Ralph Stancil
