Evelyn Naomi Griffitts Hilt

Dateline: Abingdon, VA- Evelyn Naomi Griffitts Hilt, age 88, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015, at Commonwealth Assisted Living. She was born to the late Roy Lee Griffitts and Nancy Mitchell Griffitts on November 16, 1926, in Tannersville, VA. She graduated from Rich Valley High School. As a young woman, Evelyn moved to Kingsport, TN and was employed in the sales department of the Kingsport Press. She married Fredrick Rhudy Hilt on November 7, 1945, and the couple made their home in native Tannersville. There they were blessed with two sons, Roy William “R.W.” Hilt and Charles Rhudy Hilt. In 1965 the Hilt family relocated to Washington County, VA where she was a faithful member of Byars-Cobbs Memorial United Methodist Church and later became a member of Abingdon United Methodist Church. She retired from HAPCO after 27 years of service. In addition to her parents, Evelyn was also preceded in death by her husband; three sisters, Katherine Willis, Maryland Grant, and Betty Allison; and a brother, Philander “Phil” Griffitts. She is survived by her sons, Roy William “R.W.” Hilt and wife Jane of Abingdon, VA and Charles Rhudy Hilt and wife Alice of Grand Rapids, MI; two sisters, Janie Smith and husband Fred of Ripley, WV and Ann Stevenson and husband Robert of Orange City, FL; four grandchildren: Patrick Hilt and wife Jody of Blacksburg, VA; Christa Hilt of New York, NY; Amanda Thomas of Grand Rapids, MI; and Adam Hilt and wife Amanda of Traverse City, MI; and 9 great grandchildren. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.