Longtime Boger City Fire Chief Micheal R. Hill was a son to the late Clyde Ray and Joann Huffstetler Hill.
Mike graduated from Lincolnton High School and Law Enforcement Training at Gaston College. Also Mike held numerous certifications in emergency management and fire related courses on national, state, and local levels. He worked for over thirty-five years for Lincoln County as a telecommunicator at the Communication Center. His voice was so well known that many of the first responders throughout the county didn’t say “Comm Center” when calling in, they just said, “Mike”. Today many of the people who work in the Comm. Center were trained by Mike. Following in his dad’s footsteps, Mike joined the Boger City Fire Department on his eighteenth birthday. He has been a dedicated firefighter for almost forty years and has served as chief of the department for the past twenty-three years. Together father and son combined to give over ninety years of service. Under Mike’s leadership the fire department has made many major advancements including building a new station, transitioning from an all volunteer to a paid/volunteer department, and achieving an ISO NCRRS Class 4/9E Rating. Boger City is one of two fire departments in Lincoln County to attain this prestigious ranking.
Mike was a man of quiet dignity. That was the way he lived his life, and that was the way he faced his death. He loved his family, his friends, his church, and his community. He gave us so very much, and our lives were enriched by the love and presence of Micheal Hill. But realize, he also taught us so very much, and those are the things we will always remember.
You’re our special angel now, Mikey, and we will love you forever.
Interment in First Christian Church Cemetery.
Posted on 05 September 2015 by Warlick Funeral Home
Mike graduated from Lincolnton High School and Law Enforcement Training at Gaston College. Also Mike held numerous certifications in emergency management and fire related courses on national, state, and local levels. He worked for over thirty-five years for Lincoln County as a telecommunicator at the Communication Center. His voice was so well known that many of the first responders throughout the county didn’t say “Comm Center” when calling in, they just said, “Mike”. Today many of the people who work in the Comm. Center were trained by Mike. Following in his dad’s footsteps, Mike joined the Boger City Fire Department on his eighteenth birthday. He has been a dedicated firefighter for almost forty years and has served as chief of the department for the past twenty-three years. Together father and son combined to give over ninety years of service. Under Mike’s leadership the fire department has made many major advancements including building a new station, transitioning from an all volunteer to a paid/volunteer department, and achieving an ISO NCRRS Class 4/9E Rating. Boger City is one of two fire departments in Lincoln County to attain this prestigious ranking.
Mike was a man of quiet dignity. That was the way he lived his life, and that was the way he faced his death. He loved his family, his friends, his church, and his community. He gave us so very much, and our lives were enriched by the love and presence of Micheal Hill. But realize, he also taught us so very much, and those are the things we will always remember.
You’re our special angel now, Mikey, and we will love you forever.
Interment in First Christian Church Cemetery.
Posted on 05 September 2015 by Warlick Funeral Home
Longtime Boger City Fire Chief Micheal R. Hill was a son to the late Clyde Ray and Joann Huffstetler Hill.
Mike graduated from Lincolnton High School and Law Enforcement Training at Gaston College. Also Mike held numerous certifications in emergency management and fire related courses on national, state, and local levels. He worked for over thirty-five years for Lincoln County as a telecommunicator at the Communication Center. His voice was so well known that many of the first responders throughout the county didn’t say “Comm Center” when calling in, they just said, “Mike”. Today many of the people who work in the Comm. Center were trained by Mike. Following in his dad’s footsteps, Mike joined the Boger City Fire Department on his eighteenth birthday. He has been a dedicated firefighter for almost forty years and has served as chief of the department for the past twenty-three years. Together father and son combined to give over ninety years of service. Under Mike’s leadership the fire department has made many major advancements including building a new station, transitioning from an all volunteer to a paid/volunteer department, and achieving an ISO NCRRS Class 4/9E Rating. Boger City is one of two fire departments in Lincoln County to attain this prestigious ranking.
Mike was a man of quiet dignity. That was the way he lived his life, and that was the way he faced his death. He loved his family, his friends, his church, and his community. He gave us so very much, and our lives were enriched by the love and presence of Micheal Hill. But realize, he also taught us so very much, and those are the things we will always remember.
You’re our special angel now, Mikey, and we will love you forever.
Interment in First Christian Church Cemetery.
Posted on 05 September 2015 by Warlick Funeral Home
Mike graduated from Lincolnton High School and Law Enforcement Training at Gaston College. Also Mike held numerous certifications in emergency management and fire related courses on national, state, and local levels. He worked for over thirty-five years for Lincoln County as a telecommunicator at the Communication Center. His voice was so well known that many of the first responders throughout the county didn’t say “Comm Center” when calling in, they just said, “Mike”. Today many of the people who work in the Comm. Center were trained by Mike. Following in his dad’s footsteps, Mike joined the Boger City Fire Department on his eighteenth birthday. He has been a dedicated firefighter for almost forty years and has served as chief of the department for the past twenty-three years. Together father and son combined to give over ninety years of service. Under Mike’s leadership the fire department has made many major advancements including building a new station, transitioning from an all volunteer to a paid/volunteer department, and achieving an ISO NCRRS Class 4/9E Rating. Boger City is one of two fire departments in Lincoln County to attain this prestigious ranking.
Mike was a man of quiet dignity. That was the way he lived his life, and that was the way he faced his death. He loved his family, his friends, his church, and his community. He gave us so very much, and our lives were enriched by the love and presence of Micheal Hill. But realize, he also taught us so very much, and those are the things we will always remember.
You’re our special angel now, Mikey, and we will love you forever.
Interment in First Christian Church Cemetery.
Posted on 05 September 2015 by Warlick Funeral Home
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