Obituary of Yolanda R Oveide-Hill

Yolanda Renee Oveide-Hill was born September 27, 1966 to Marsha (Moore) and Reginald Oveide. Our beloved one departed this life on Thursday May 6, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. at Baptist Memorial Hospital, in Memphis TN with her family by her side. She was baptized at an early age at Deliverance Tabernacle Church in Philadelphia, Pa and in 1981, under the leadership of Bishop Stanley H. Scott, she joined Good Shepherd Community Church in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1997, she was joined in holy matrimony to Eric Anthony Hill of Sicklerville, NJ and to this union they were blessed with two children, Tarius Anthony Hill and Mekhi Anthony Hill. Upon her relocation to Cordova, TN in 2006, she became an ardent member of Greater Community Temple under the leadership of Bishop Brandon B. Porter Yolanda was educated in the Pennsylvania school system where she graduated from Martin Luther King High School in 1984. She earned an Associate's Degree in Applied Science from Community College of Philadelphia in 1988; a Bachelor of Science Degree in Allied Health Science in 1994 from Widner University; and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Rosemont College in 2002. Yolanda began her professional career in 1984 at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Darby, Pa as a laboratory Technician. As a result of her dynamic leadership ability, Yolanda was subsequently recruited to serve as a Project Manager for the Hospital's laboratory services where she trained and coordinated with medical professionals across the Philadelphia trip-state area. Circa 1999, Yolanda accepted employment with inVentiv Health as a Territorial Sale Manager where she won numerous leadership awards. In 2002, as a result of her husband's professional endeavors, Yolanda unselfishly moved her family to Kingston Jamaica and became part of the US Embassy Family. While in Jamaica, Yolanda was employed with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as a Project Manager. Yolanda had the opportunity to help the country of Jamaica by spearheading and overseeing projects utilized by USAID to help enhance the infrastructure of Jamaica. Upon Yolanda's return to the states in late 2006, she rejoined inventive Health as a Project Manager and in 2009, she was promoted to National Project Manager. Throughout her tenure with inventive, Yolanda received numerous leadership awards and was highly regarded by senior management as an essential component to the success of inventor's mission. Moreover and most importantly Yolanda, was well respected by her peers for her business savvy and her caring personality. Yolanda was a very active and involved person in every phase of her life. During her early adulthood years, Yolanda was well known throughout Philadelphia's modeling/fashion circles as a beautiful and elegant young lady. Yolanda's passion for modeling transcended over into her everyday activities: she always carried herself as if she were preparing for a runway fashion show. Moreover, Yolanda volunteered her time to the community in support of organizations such as the Phi Kappa Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Shelby County Youth Association (Football/Track), Sycamore Elementary School PTA and the Cancer Society. Yolanda observed the everyday living of people from any diverse lands and cultures. She lived an abundant life because she knew how to give love and receive love. Neither time nor space will allow us to describe all the people that she touched, but we can report with confidence; she was a dynamic and phenomenal young lady. We are comforted that we will see her again in heaven, if we have the great salvation that gave her joy in the midst of adversity. She leaves to cherish her memory; her husband Eric Anthony Hill, sons Tarius Anthony and Mekhi Anthony Hill of Collierville, TN; her parents Reginald and Marsha Oveide, Media, Pa; one sister Latasha Oveide, Media, Pa, four aunts Retha Mae Hall, Philadelphia, Pa; geraldine Brown, Willard, NC; Mildred Joinville, Tacoma, WA; Mary Edwards, Media, Pa; one Uncle Marcus Moore (Phyllis), Currie, NC; brothers in law, Harold Hill (Rosa), Sicklerville, NJ, Michael Eaton, Tampa, FL and the late Wesley Hill; nieces Netesha (Jyi) Peterson, Tiffany Hill; nephew Gordon Hill; great nephew Julian Peterson, Sicklerville, NJ; special cousins Teresa Rogers (Arthur), Riverdale, GA; Roland Joinville (Delisa), Appleton, MI and Kenneth Moore (Joan), Philadelphia, Pa; Dr. Leslie Holmes and Norma Richardson; god parents Robert and Esther Barber, Philadelphia; god brothers Robert Barber (Tamikko); Darien Barber, Philadelphia, Pa and the late Anthony Vincent Barber; god son Julian Smith II, Philadelphia, Pa and a host of loving uncles, aunts, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. Yolanda touched the lives of so many people during the time God loaned us his angel. Some of these people include Joan Campbell, Tiffany Whitaker, Chundra Pearson, Pam Flint, Celika Caldwell, Holly Coleman, Tracey Harris, Carol Weeks, Maudry Osborne, the late Patty Pinkston and a host of other caring friends.