Services for Freddie Lee Hilliard, 76, will be held Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Greater Free Gift Baptist Church in Monroe, Louisiana.
Visitation will take place the evening before on Friday, May 30, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at New Galilee Baptist Church, 3816 Carver Street.
Deacon Freddie Lee Hilliard passed away on May 19, 2025, at the age of 76. Born on November 26, 1948, in Monroe, he was the son of the late Fannie and L.C. Hilliard. A lifelong resident of Monroe, Freddie lived a life marked by hard work, spiritual devotion, and a love for the simple joys of family and the outdoors.
For more than 40 years, he was a loyal and dependable employee at Buffington Lumber Company. Yet beyond his professional life, Freddie found his truest calling in the peace of nature and the fellowship of the church. An avid hunter and a man of deep faith, he was a devoted member of New Galilee Baptist Church, where he served faithfully as a deacon and was known for his steady presence and warm heart.
He was educated through the Monroe City School System and was known throughout his community as a man of humility, generosity, and strength.
Freddie was preceded in death by his parents; his grandparents, Viola and Hosea Hilliard; his sister, Dorothy Hilliard; brother, Allen Freeman; and his wife, Katie Hilliard.
He leaves behind four loving children: Rachel Henderson, Freddie Lee Baker, Eddie Hilliard, and Frederick “Fabo” McMillian. He is also survived by one sister, Bobbie Jean Hilliard of California; one brother, Jimmie Lee Hilliard of Monroe; and special cousins Patricia Hilliard-Simmons, Betty Hilliard, and Tommy Hilliard, who were more like siblings.
Freddie’s memory lives on through his grandchildren: Brittany Williams, Fredkeia Jones, Fredricka Mitchell, Jeremiah Baker, Donterrio Anderson, Ed’Drecia Hilliard, Eddie Landers, and Ed’Kerria Lewis, as well as a special niece, Lois Hilliard, and a host of other nieces, nephews, and great-grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of local funeral professionals, with church and community expected to gather in large numbers to honor a life well lived and a man deeply loved.
