Minnie Kowing Reeves Hillman

Minnie Kowing Reeves Hillman, 90, of Pampa, died April 15, 2015 in Amarillo. There are no services scheduled. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa. Mrs. Hillman was born October 4, 1924 in Wichita, Kansas. She was a longtime member of Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo. She was employed with M. E. Moses Company in Pampa as a cashier and sales clerk, retiring after 28 years of service. She loved gardening, planting roses and flowers with the help and care of her grandson, Troy Reeves. Minnie was known as “Nanny” to her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Minnie was preceded in death by a son, William Charles Reeves on May 7, 1947 her father, Henry Kowing on June 4, 1979; her mother, Ruth Rutter on August 31, 1983; her stepmother, Opal Erickson Kowing on March 10, 1999; husband, Roy T. Reeves on May 20, 2000, and husband Curtis Hillman on November 3, 2012; two brothers, Frank Kowing and Walter Kowing; a sister, Letha Bergette; and a great grandson, Roy Tyler Jordan Reeves. Survivors include a son, Thomas H. Reeves and wife Sherry; a daughter, Carolyn Kuczmarski; seven grandchildren, including a special grandson, Troy Reeves and wife Lorenna; 22 great-grandchildren 1 great-great-grandson, Braxtyn Rugar Duvall, and another on the way; two sisters, Pearl Arbour and husband John, and Clare Grieve; two brothers, Robert Kowing and wife Mary Jo and Gene Kowing and wife Faye; and two very special “adopted children,” Dale and Marie Burns. Memorials may be made to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, PO Box 1890, Amarillo, Texas 79174-0001.