SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - John Winston Hillock, Sr., 88, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Sara Noblitt Hillock, died Wednesday afternoon, November 25, 2009, at Memorial Health University Medical Center.

Born in Millersburg, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Claude Hillock and the late Helen Purdy Hillock. Mr. Hillock was of the Presbyterian faith and was a United States Army veteran having served in Europe during World War II. He attended mechanical engineering school at the University of Kentucky. Mr. Hillock was a retired master mechanic and was the former owner and operator of Auto Sports. His life was his family, cars, golf and traveling with his wife.

Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Sara Noblitt Hillock of Savannah, Georgia; three daughters, Carolyn Phillips and her husband, Bing, of Statesboro, Georgia, Janice Mason and her longtime companion, Reggie Kessler, of Garden City, Georgia, and Theresa Cantelli and her husband, J. T., of Savannah, Georgia; one son, John W. Hillock, Jr. and his wife, Diana, of Atlanta, Georgia; four grandchildren, Steven Mason, Alicia Cantelli, John W. Hillock III and Elizabeth Hillock; two sisters, Julia Fleming and Betty Shelburne, both of Millersburg, Kentucky, and one brother, Edwin R. Hillock of Louisville, Kentucky.

The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

The funeral service will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by Elder Randy Waters.  Interment, with miltary honors, will be in the Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery.

Remembrances:  Hospice Savannah - Post Office Box #13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416-0190 or Ogeechee Area Hospice – Post Office Box 531, Statesboro, Georgia 30459-0531.