Robert J. Hill

Robert Joseph Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orin L. Hill of Bells, died two hours before he was scheduled to pose for a newspaper photographer atop the steeple of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Vicksburg, Miss., June 17. He died in the basement of the church before mounting the steeple and a coroner's jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.

Mr. Hill was born in Marble Mill, Mo., August 28, 1901. He was a veteran of both World War I and World War II.