Emma Jo Seabourn Hilliard, 94 of Pauls Valley, formerly of Lindsay, passed from this life into the arms of Jesus on August 10, 2022. She was born in Pecos, Texas to Joe Delano Seabourn and Leta P. Mount Seabourn on April 18, 1928 .At the age of 12, Emma Jo's family moved to Grove, Oklahoma where she graduated from high school. She attended Peru University in Nebraska and Northeastern Oklahoma State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma each for one year.
Emma Jo met J.C. (Tinker) Hilliard and they were married in Midwest City, Oklahoma, on September 5, 1950. They were the center of each other's lives until his passing in 1998.
Emma Jo was a homemaker and the bookkeeper for the family business, Hillard Trucking Company in Lindsay. She was a life-long member of the First United Methodist Church and taught Sunday school for many years. Moving to Pauls Valley in 1996, she attended the Pauls Valley United Methodist Church and was a member of the Crusader's Sunday School Class.
Her hobbies included hosting family reunions, knitting, crocheting, and reading. She was an avid speed-reader, capable of reciting by memory every detail.
Emma Jo was survived by two loving daughters and their families: Linda Hilliard Work and Stan Work, Emily Hilliard Spence and her husband Larry. Grandchildren: Beth Work Alkuhiani and her husband Mohammed, Jarod Work and his wife Autumn, Marie Hadfield and her partner Chris Keeno, Jennifer Work Hayes and her husband Justin, Amanda Riddle, Diana Clampitt her husband Brad. Great-grandchildren: Madison Riddle Stucks and her husband Kurry, Maci Riddle, Jake Clampitt, Garrett Haynes, Rose Haynes, Jenna Hadfield and Caycen Work and many nieces and nephews whom she adored.
Emma Jo was preceded in death by her husband Tinker Hilliard, brothers, Ed Seabourn, Herbert Seabourn, Joe T. Seabourn and Jerry C. Seabourn sisters, Kathryn Southard and Helen Seabourn Lee.
Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, August 16th at 10:00 a.m. at The First United Methodist Church with Pastor Angie Flemming officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery under the direction of Wooster Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to The Oklahoma Medical Research Facility at http://gift.omrf.org/give/384655/#!/donation/checkout or to The First United Methodist Church in Pauls Valley 401 N. Willow Pauls Valley, Oklahoma 73075.