Ronia Hill|
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| Ronia’s children with Stephen H. Stancil |
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| Ora H. Stancil Price Jan. 22, 1912 Johnston, NC-May 2, 2003 Kenly, NC; Buried in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery Kenly, NC |
| Willard “Bill” Stancil Sept. 13, 1914 Johnston, NC-Nov. 5, 1983 Kenly, NC; Buried in New Jerusalem Church Cemetery in O'Neals, Johnston, NC |
| Eula Mae Stancil July 5, 1918 Johnston, NC-Dec. 25, 2006 Johnston, NC; Buried in New Jerusalem Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Kenly, NC |
| Mozelle Stancil Narron Dec. 1, 1920 Johnston, NC-Sept. 3, 1975 Smithfield, NC; Buried in Antioch Baptist Cemetery, Johnston, NC |
| Alice Stancil Price Jan. 12, 1923 Johnston, NC-Jan. 7, 2021 Smithfield, NC; Buried in Bethany Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Kenly, NC |
| Condary D. Stancil Sept. 20, 1933 NC-Dec. 20, 1963 Johnston, NC; Buried in New Jerusalem Church Cemetery in O'Neals, Johnston, NC |
| Shirley Ann Stancil Cockrell Aug. 2, 1936 Johnston, NC-Sept. 11, 2020 Wilson, NC; Buried in New Jerusalem Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Kenly, NC |
Ronia Hill, the second child and second daughter of Fred and Tempy Ann Stancil Hill, was born Sept. 2, 1891.
Ronia went to school in the Slave House at the Boyette Homestead.
Ronia registered as a Republican when women got to vote.
Ronia made quilts. She used flour sacks to make quilts and dresses for the children. She had a big garden, made butter, and gave it to the neighbors. Chickens ran loose. She kept cats in the house and had a cat hole in the corner of the door for them. She had an outhouse with two holes and a pit dug underneath it.
She carried a lantern when they used it at night. She made clothes for the children and had a Singer treadle sewing machine. She made biscuits three times per day. Ronia read the Bible and knitted stockings for the children.
Christmas was celebrated with the children hanging their stockings and receiving fruit, nuts, and stick candy in the stockings on Christmas morning. Ronia made a cake with gum balls for the reunions.
Stephen built the outhouse. Stephen and Ronia had hog killings in the fall, and Ronia fed everyone. They also had barn raisings with the noon meal cooked by Ronia.
Stephen made syrup for folks in the neighborhood. They brought over their sugar cane to his mill. His children enjoyed eating the crystallized syrup. Fifty gallons of syrup would last all year. Stephen did not make whiskey or wine.
Stephen had brown eyes and black hair. He grayed early. Stephen was a farmer. He raised tobacco, corn, cotton, and sugar cane. Two or three neighbors worked together to gather the tobacco. Everyone returned to their own homes for lunch.
He had cows, hogs, chickens, and mules. Mules named Mollie, she was brown, and Gray, a gray mule. The children rode them. He drove a mule and buggy to town. He went to school. He was a Republican. He never read much. They took the Smithfield Herald weekly newspaper.
Stephen died of a stroke on March 1, 1971, in Kenly. His funeral was at New Jerusalem Church. He was buried at the Church Cemetery. Ronia and C. D. were buried there too. C.D.'s funeral was at New Jerusalem Church. Delia's funeral was at home. When Ronia died, she had no gray hair.
Stephen and Ronia had a Family Bible. Ronia wrote the names of the children in it.
Ronia was sick a lot. She had a stroke at home and had been in the Woodard Heron Hospital in Wilson. A coffin was bought, and her funeral was preached at home. She was buried in Hill Cemetery and later moved to New Jerusalem Church Cemetery.
Willard enjoyed hunting fox, possum, and raccoons. He kept dogs and often hunted and fished alone.
Zilphia, Millard's wife, made a special coconut cake for the reunions.
Pearl had black hair.
Eula had Ronia's sewing machine.
Mozelle was buried at Antioch Baptist Church in Middlesex, N.C.