BRECKENRIDGE -- Dick Hill, age 59, of Breckenridge, died Sunday, January 7, 2007, in Clifton, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 10, 2007, at First Baptist Church with Rev. Cecil Harper officiating. Graveside services and burial will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 11, 2007, in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Rock Creek, Texas with Rev. Sid Hunter officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday evening, January 9th. Services have been entrusted to Morehart Mortuary.

Richard Buel "Dick" Hill was born on August 26, 1947 in Whitesboro, Texas to parents Bailey Buel Hill and Geneva Frances Hall Hill. He grew up in Whitesboro and Carrolton and graduated from R.L. Turner High School in Carrolton in 1965. He also graduated from the University of North Texas, earning both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Accounting. Dick married Donna Faye Worley on June 20, 1970 in Dallas, Texas.

He earned his CPA license in 1976. Dick began working for Southland Royalty Company of Fort Worth before moving to Breckenridge in 1977, to work for Petco. Later, in 1983, he and his wife, Donna, began Hill and Hill CPAs. In 1999 Dick became the CFO for Gore Bros. of Commanche until he semi-retired in 2005. Most recently in 2006 he took the position as CFO for Camp Cooley Ranch in Franklin. Dick was a member of First Baptist Church where he attended the Circle of Friends Sunday School Class and served as the church treasurer for several years. He was also a member of the Deacon body, in which he had served as chairman. He was preceded in death by his father.

Dick is survived by his wife, Donna Hill, of Breckenridge; mother, Geneva Hill, of Breckenridge; one daughter, Kathy and husband, Lee Fisher, of Longview; one son, Daniel Hill, of Celina; one sister, Nita and husband, C.E. Faulkner, of Collinsville; one sister-in-law, Ann Bolin, of Breckenridge; and one grandson, Will Fisher, of Longview.

Memorials may be made to the TSTC Scholarship Fund and may be left at Morehart Mortuary. Condolences may be sent online at www.morehartmortuary.net.