Zelma Patterson Hillman

December 1, 1922 - January 21, 2020

Services for Zelma Patterson Hillman will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in the chapel of John Kramer & Son Funeral Home with Bro. Joey Rudisill officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 24, 2020, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and will resume on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service. Zelma Patterson Hillman, 97, of Alexandria, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital. She is preceded in death by her husband Everett Hillman; her father, Albert Leonard Patterson; mother and step-father, Johnie and Blanchard Matkins; one daughter, Gloria Costey; one son, Everett Ray Hillman; 2 grandsons, Guy Wilson, and Wayne Baldwin; one brother, Albert Patterson; one sister, Thelma McCoy and one half-sister, Mary Newman. Zelma worked as and OR technician for 15 years at Baptist Hospital and for 38 years at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital. She enjoyed her work and loved the doctors and her coworkers very much. Zelma believed in working hard, even up until the time of her death she was still tending to her home and yard. Zelma loved to go to church and was loved by all who knew her. Those left to cherish her memory include her daughters, Dorothy Cogburn (Tom) of Boyce, and Billie Lay of Payola, KS; one son, Eugene Hillman (Stephanie) of Greatland, TX; one siblings, Blanche Hodge of Dry Prong, James Matkins of Bentley and Frank Matkins of Pinvelle ; 12 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren; 8 great- great grandchildren; her very dear friend, Wendy Meyland and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.