Alice E. Hite

October 27, 2017 - June 5, 2007

Alice E. Hite, age 89, of Mattoon, passed away at 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at the Odd Fellow Rebekah Home.\r\n\r\nFuneral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home with Rev. Pat Murphy officiating. Interment will follow in Dodge Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to service time Thursday.\r\n\r\nAlice was born October 27, 1917 at Windsor, Illinois, a daughter of Melvin Earl and Zeda Barnhart George. She was raised by her mother and Joseph T. Boyle, Sr. She married Vernon Hite December 21, 1941. He preceded her in death December 22, 2004. She is survived by four brothers, Alfred and William Boyle of Mattoon, Gerald Boyle of Latham and John Boyle of Gays. She was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.\r\n\r\nAlice was a member of First Baptist Church in Charleston where she taught Sunday School for over 25 years. She also held various church offices such as clerk, Sunday School Superintendent, Board of Christian Education and Bible School Director. Alice graduated from Utterback's Business College. She had been employed at the Mattoon Journal Gazette and in the Audio-Visual Department at Eastern Illinois University. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church,, 2800 University Drive, Charleston, IL 61920.