Mellie Etta Warbington Hilton
Mellie Etta (Warbington) Hilton, or "Big Mama" as she was known to our children, died January 16, 2001 in the Laurel Care Center of Laurel, a nursing home in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi. She was 92 years old. She was interred in the Terry City Cemetery in Terry, Hinds County, Mississippi on January 17, 2001, beside her husband, Narsie George Hilton, Sr., who preceeded her March 12, 2000 (also at the age of 92).