Donnell Jeanette Hill Senne: December 25, 1922 to May 18, 2014

Mrs. Donnell Jeanette Hill Senne, 91, of Lillington and Mooresville NC passed away Sunday May 18, 2014 at Huntersville NC Hospice. She was born in East Flat Rock, Henderson County, the daughter of the late Theodore Roosevelt Hill and Ruby Genevieve Allison Hill. She was preceded in death by her husband Walter William Senne (Bill) and her brother Theodore Roosevelt Hill Jr (Ted), Brother in Law Walter Dugan Cooper, and Sister in Law Mimi Hill.

Donnell is survived by her Siblings Florinda Ruby Hill Cooper of Virginia, and Ann Hill Jones and Sam Jones of Asheville NC, Sons, Rudy Senne living in the Philippines, Walter William Senne II & Sheila Walters Senne of Lillington & Wilmington, Daughter, Donna Maria Welch & William Phillip Welch of Huntersville NC, Grandchildren, Walter P Senne, Roberto Gonzalez, and Heldi Senne Lligas of Philadelphia, Shawn Adam Welch, and Jeana Maria Welch of Charlotte NC. Great grandchildren Walter Senne Jr, Dyllan Senne, Lea Senne, Nick Senne, Nathaniel Senne, Andrew Senne, Christian llagas and Nicole llagas. Nieces and Nephews,[ Ted] -Carol Bennetts, Kim Bennetts, Lawerence Hill, Freddie Hill, Susan Hill, Scott & Paige Harris, Samantha & Chris Mansfield [Florinda]: Bruce and Donna Cooper, Patty and Charles Montag, Dennis and Babbs Cooper [Ann]: Becky Jones, Jennifer & Darrin Redmon, Amy Jones and Sammy and Lin Jones Friends: Loving Caregivers and Companions - Jackie English & Margret McLamb

Donnell was best known for her love of family and friends. She devoted her life to following her husband's travels across the world, raising her family and sharing her life with a multitude of friends. Donnell never met a stranger, she was the first person to say hello, and she rarely said good bye. Art was her hobby, she painted with oils mostly, and creating pictures for many homes with her landscapes of places she had visited. She was also a skilled knitter and crocheters, teaching anyone who would sit still long enough to learn. She possessed a "green" thumb and loved her cultivating her vegetable and flower gardens everywhere she lived.

Travels of Donnell and family:1922-1940 Asheville NC,1940 - Washington DC,1942- Charlotte NC, VA, PA TX, OK,1946- VA, Dayton OH, Tochigi Japan,1949- Fayetteville NC,1950- Anniston AL,1953- Verdun France,1956- Columbia SC, Philadelphia PA,1957- Yokohama Japan,1958- Honolulu Hawaii,1960 -Greenville SC, Fayetteville NC,1965- Harmon AF Base, Newfoundland,1966 Goose Bay Labrador Canada,1969- Tucson AZ, 1970- Dallas TX,1972- Izmir Turkey,1974- Mannheim Germany,1976- Blytheville AR,1981- Lillington NC,2006- Charlotte NC,2007- Mooresville NC

A graveside service will be held 10:00 A. M. Friday, May 23, 2014 at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery with Rev. Archie Barringer officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 pm at O'Quinn-Peebles-Phillips Funeral Home & Crematory the evening before (May 22).

If you would like to send a donation instead of flowers please send to Shriners Hospital for Children -http://shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/A graveside service will be held 10:00 A. M. Friday, May 23, 2014 at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 pm at Oâ