Autumn Lynn Hill

 There are not enough words to sum up the beauty and love that was Autumn Lynn Hill. Her contagious laugh and big beautiful smile was a light to all that knew her. She was pure of heart and genuine. Her ability to not only make you smile but her attention to detail was a God given gift. She was the most generous person I know. She knew your birthday, your kids birthday, your anniversary. Nothing went uncelebrated. Over the time of knowing you she’d make little lists of your favorite color, candy, or snacks. She’d even remember your favorite places and when she showered you with love you felt it. She not only did that for her family and friends but even coworkers over the years. To be loved and cared for by this generous soul was a gift. 

Christmas was her favorite holiday. All year long she’d be planning presents for her loved ones, especially her nieces and nephews. She lived up to her auntly duties with pride as she put thought and love into every gift. The decorating and wrapping always made her heart full. Her creativity and talent at any craft left us with some of the most beautiful gifts made by her herself. 

Autumn grew up in Asheboro, NC. She loved the zoo and all animals. She frequently visited the zoo there and was planning a big trip after treatment with her sisters Brandy and April to go visit the zoo in Atlanta, GA along with the aquarium. Her love and passion for animals was so inspiring. She’d save lost kittens and help find them homes. She loved her cats, Daisy, Oliver, and Gaither the one eyed furbaby. Her biggest pride and joy was Inga, their Great Dane. She and Josh was so excited to bring her home and that puppy was her everything! Inga brought a special peace and happiness to her. She would buy her beautiful little accessories and even finally put her in clothes to Josh’s protest. Her favorite thing was when Inga started daycare and she’d get pictures and updates of her throughout the day. She was her baby. 

Autumn graduated from Southwestern Randolph High School in 2004. She then attended Johnson and Wales for a short time and returned to UNC Greensboro and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 2009. She started her career in banking working for Wells Fargo and in 2014 she started her journey with Truliant. I’m forever grateful because that is how all us girls met. I will never forget training her when she first came to the contact center. She will forever be my Autumn Grain and I will always be her cat lady. Work was so much more fun if she was by your side. The decorating and competitions, she lived for it. She loved her work. She loathed inconsistency. Autumn had an immense gift for analytical thinking and was amazingly gifted with numbers. Our group called her the accountant. The amount of money she saved the credit union was like a game for her in catching fraud. She saved us millions that she kept up with on spreadsheets when she was attempting to join the fraud team. Her passion became underwriting and she excelled in her role in helping our members. In her spare time she couponed and had the biggest stash. She would have won on the Extreme Couponing show. Her gift of shopping saved us all hundreds! Everything she bought was on sale! 

Losing her mother young always made her appreciate life. Autumn took control of her health and never looked back. She worked hard to build the life she wanted. She never took it for granted, never settled, and knew how precious and fleeting it was. She treasured it and spent time with those she loved most. Our she-wolf pack put in many laughs and tears together. The sisterhood we built I’ll cherish forever because of her. All of our beach trip shenanigans, with tattoos and memories we will cherish forever. She loved her family. She spoiled her daddy, aka papa Smurf with the coolest Dolly Parton Birthday party of all time. The countless stories and memories her sisters have with her, ask them about the coleslaw fan. She loved to travel and loved having all kinds of different experiences. She and Josh would go on tasting menu dates which she loved to get dressed up for! We would shop with her for weeks for the perfect dress and she would be so excited to send us pictures of her food!! They were the biggest foodies and as she stated Josh was the BEST cook. Autumn was the cruising queen! She went all the time and sometimes multiple times a year. Her last trip with Josh to the Bahamas helped heal her soul as she faced what was to come.

Please keep her family and best friends in prayer. Her mother Susan Edwina Jones Hill preceded her into heaven and I know they are having the best mother daughter date eating cheeseburgers. Autumn leaves behind her father, Fred Eugene Hill, her sister April Morton and husband Bryon Morton and nephew David Sapp, her sister Brandy Dawn Brigman and husband Alex Brigman and her nieces Alexis Hussey, Makayla Brigman, Kali Brigman, Peyton Brigman, her great nephew Liam Hussey, great niece Layla Hussey, and her cousin Shela Fields. Most importantly she leaves behind the absolute love of her entire life, Josh Mills. We have never seen her glow or be as happy as she was since they had met. Our hearts are broken over their story cut short. He was her very best friend and she loved him so very much. 

Cancer just sucks. My knees buckled when her sister called that morning when we learned about “Steve”. She knew she had the hardest fight ahead, the fight to let go. This was not how she pictured her life going. She was ready to runaway and marry the love of her life, hopefully start a family. All her big dreams and plans in an instant turned into having to let go of it all and find trust in Gods plan. The day she found out about it and I made it to her side the first thing I asked her was did she know Christ, truly know him? I told her this was going to be hard fight and if she didn’t we were going to have an entirely different conversation. I’m grateful that she said yes she did, because while we are all heartbroken that we don’t get to have that one more conversation to tell her how much we love her I’m grateful to know she knows no more pain and I’ll see her again. So take this one lesson from her, trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never give up hope. She has won the fight and walks the streets of gold with our Heavenly Father. If you don’t know him Autumn would want you to, because this isn’t goodbye it’s just a see you later.

Join us to celebrate the life of Autumn Hill on Saturday May 31, 2025 from 3pm-5pm at Goodwill Christian Church 1746 Jim Elliott Rd Denton, NC 27239.  Please feel free to dress casual.

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