Augustine Smith

Augustine Hill-Smith affectionately known as "Stine" was born in Biscoe, Arkansas to Arthur and Jessie Meadows. Stine attended Prairie County Training School and Biscoe High School. She was baptized at an early age, in 1954 at Biscoe Church of God in Christ, under the leadership of Elder W. J. Johnson. Augustine in 1959 while in Little Rock Arkansas Stine and her husband became friends with Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine during a turbulent era of civil rights resistance. Augustine met James Lee Hill while in High School at the early age of 16. In 1957 she married Jimmy and they later moved to California, where they raised a family of six children. Augustine and her husband attended a COGIC church under the late Bishop Blake Sr.

Augustine and her husband later Founded a Church called LA Church of God off of Avalon where she served as 1st Lady. The church grew and they moved to a larger church where she led the youth choir, she taught the women how to sew and cared for the church family alongside her husband Pastor James Lee Hill. Augustine worked at Los Angeles County Mental Health alongside her lifelong best friend Rosetta Dunbar and later move to Las Vegas where she worked at the Las Vegas Youth Detention Center, where she met many of her close friends.

Stine loved life and lived it to the fullest. She loved music, dancing, sewing, and cooking for her family on Holidays. She had an infectious smile that warmed the hearts of all that knew her.

You would always find Stine surrounded with her kids, her grandkids going to birthday parties, baby showers, graduations and she loved hanging out with her Sister Ernestine, her 2 Nieces that were like her sister Linda & Joyce. Some of her church friends still called her their 1st Lady. Stine is survived and missed by: Her children: Pamela (Pam) Hill-Harper, Jeneita (Tuttie) Hill-Smith, Jevetta (Fatty) Hill-Sabbath, Loren (Chelle) Hill-Toelle, Robert (Robbie) Hill; Sisters: Ernestine Meadows-May (Floyd May), Joyce Carter (Neice), Linda Gray, Rosetta Dunbar (Neice); 29 grandchildren: Tasha (Richard husband), Tanjaleka, Marquis, James (Yevette wife), Chrstopher (Janella wife), Roget (Mark husband), Tatiana (Deshawn husband), Shakera, Vineisha (P). Markell (Yesenia), Dremont (Yesenia wife). Pionas, Andre Jr. (Mariana wife). Ashley (Charles Husband), Deon (Ciara Wife), Elisia (Malik husband), Lamont (Hailey), Sherlann (Dequa), Shonte "Augustine", Steven Jr. (Rayneth wife), Serena (Josh husband), Sean, Robert Jr., Terilyn, Asia, Vontre, De Avonte Approximately 70 Great Grandchildren 7 Great- Great-Grandchildren.

She is proceeded in death by her 1st born son Tony Hill, her mother Jessie Meadows, her father Authur Meadows, Her siblings; Mary Alice McNeal, Arthur Mae Gray, Louise Caldwell, Robert Meadows, Jessie Meadows, and half-sister Emma Jean Hourston. Her Sons-In-Love; Andre Sabbath, Steven Jackson, Vincent Moore, Charles Harper.

Augustine will be remembered for her deep faith, generous spirit, her friendly personality, her joyful spirit, her love for life, and devotion to family and community. She had a very special relationship and bond with her son Robbie, her unconditional love for all of her children will be greatly missed.

In Loving Memory of Our Beautiful Mother

Dear Mom,

I still can't believe you're gone.

Every morning I wake up hoping this has all þeen a terrible dream. For a split second, I forget, and then reality comes crashing back into my heart, The pain of knowing I'll never hear your voiče again, never see your smile, or feel your warm embrace is more than I ever imagined I could bear.

Mom, my heart is broken in a million pieces.

There are so many things I wish I could say to you. I wish I had one more chance to tell you how much I love you. One more hug. One more conversation. One more "| love you" before you closed your eyes for the last time.

You were so much more than my Mother. You were my safe place, my greatest comfort, my biggest supporter, and the person whọ loved me without conditions. No matter what happened in life, I always knew I could come to you. Now I find myself reaching for someone who isn't there, and that emptiness is unlike anything I've ever known.

The world feels quiet. The world feels different. Even the things that used to makę me smile now remind me that you're missing. Everywhere I look, I see pieces of you. I hear your laughter in my memories, I remember your advice in my decisions, and feel your love wrapped around me even though I can't hold your hand anymore.

Thank you, Mom, for every sacrifice you made that I never fully understood until now. Thank you for the sleepless nights, the endless prayers, the encouragement, the patience, and the unconditional love you gave me every single day. Everything good in me began with you. I hope you knew how deeply I love you! I hope I told you enough. If I didn't, please hear it now. I LOVE you with all my heart, I am so so šorry I did not get to see you, before you said goodbye! There is an ache inside me that words cannot describe. don't know how to live in a world where I can't call you, visit you, or hear you tell me everything will be okay. I miss you every second of every day and I know I always will.

Even though my eyes fill with tears, I smile when I think about the incrediblę mother you were. I was blessed beyond measure to be your son. If I become even half the person you were, I'll know I've lived a life worth living. I'll carry your love with me for the rest of my days. I'll honor your memory by loving others the way you loved me with kindness, patience, strength, and compassion. I promise that your legacy will live on through me.

Until the day we're together again, I'll keep looking for your spirit in the sunrise, in the quiet moments, and in the love you left behind. You may no longer walk beside me, but you'll never stop living within my heart.

Rest peacefully, Mom. Thank you for giving me life, for loving me so completely, and for showing me what unconditional love truly looks like. I will miss you for the rest of my life.

I love you today, tomorrow, forever, and beyond eternity.

Always and forever,
Your Son Robbie