CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Retired Charleston Police Captain Jerry Hill was remembered as a family man and friend in funeral services Thursday at the Municipal Auditorium.
Hill died Monday morning after a medical episode on Easter Sunday a week earlier. He was 54.
The eastern Kanawha County native served in several capacities on the police force during his 27 year career. He retired in 2013. Most recently he worked for the city as director of grounds.
Those taking part in Thursday’s service noted Hill’s large stature but a heart that was just as big in his efforts to help those he came in contact with.
Current members of the police department, including Hill’s son Jonathan, were in uniform during the ceremony.
The funeral processional went down Virginia Street underneath crossed ladders from the Charleston Fire Department at the Court Street intersection.
Hill was buried at Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens in Glasgow.