PORT GIBSON — Berdie Mae Hilliard died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, in Melrose Park, Ill. She was 80.

Mrs. Hilliard was a member of Garden of Prayer Church in Broadview, Ill.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Hilliard; her parents, Cleveland Sr. and Kizzie Allison; a brother, Cleveland Allison Jr.; and three grandchildren.

Survivors include her two daughters, Josie Harris of Bellwood, Ill., and Kizzie Milligan of Decatur, Ga.; eight grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 27 great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and other friends and relatives including Thomas Noble of Illinois.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Hermanville with the Rev. Johnny Hughes officiating. Burial will follow at Hermanville Cemetery.

Visitation will be today from 1 until 6 at Thompson Funeral Home and Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.