| Thurman Hill Jr. |
By — Matt Schudel, Tuesday, April 5, 10:19 PM
Thurman Hill Jr., 89, who was a litigator for the Internal Revenue
Service for 30 years, died March 4 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of
complications from prostate cancer. He lived in Springfield.
Mr. Hill joined the IRS in 1950 and was a lawyer in the chief counsel’s
office until he retired in 1980. He then had a private law practice in
Annandale for several years.Thurman Hill Jr. was born in Independence,
Kan., and moved to Washington in the 1930s. He graduated from Wilson
High School in 1940.
He studied for three years at the University of Kansas before enlisting in
the Army in 1943. After the war, he graduated from George Washington
University and, in 1950, received a law degree from the University of
Virginia.
Mr. Hill was president of the Edsall Park Civic Association in
Springfield and was a Cub Scout leader and PTA member.
His wife of 55 years, Betty A. Boss Hill, died in 2004.
Survivors include two children, Michael Hill of Gaithersburg and
Deborah Vaughn of Bristow; and three grandchildren.
— Matt Schudel
Thurman Hill Jr., 89, who was a litigator for the Internal Revenue
Service for 30 years, died March 4 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of
complications from prostate cancer. He lived in Springfield.
Mr. Hill joined the IRS in 1950 and was a lawyer in the chief counsel’s
office until he retired in 1980. He then had a private law practice in
Annandale for several years.Thurman Hill Jr. was born in Independence,
Kan., and moved to Washington in the 1930s. He graduated from Wilson
High School in 1940.
He studied for three years at the University of Kansas before enlisting in
the Army in 1943. After the war, he graduated from George Washington
University and, in 1950, received a law degree from the University of
Virginia.
Mr. Hill was president of the Edsall Park Civic Association in
Springfield and was a Cub Scout leader and PTA member.
His wife of 55 years, Betty A. Boss Hill, died in 2004.
Survivors include two children, Michael Hill of Gaithersburg and
Deborah Vaughn of Bristow; and three grandchildren.
— Matt Schudel