of Little Rock, AR

June 18, 1925 - October 24, 2023

Melba Oneta Hilton, better known to family and friends as Neta, died peacefully on October 24, 2023 at home. She is survived by her daughters, Beth Anne Anderson and Laurie Kay David; their husbands, Woody Anderson and Ed David; grandchildren, Lisa Carrone, Geoff Anderson (and his wife, Alisa Anderson); Zac David (and his wife, Sarah David); great-grandchildren, Brittany Carrone, Samantha Diemer (and her husband, Jason), Colin Carrone; Judah Anderson, Henry David, Frankie David; great-great-grandchildren, Jaxon Diemer and Tucker Diemer; nieces, nephews and cousins and her best friend of 51 years, Shirley Anderson. Her husband, Gene David Hilton preceded her in death in 2009.

Neta was born June 18, 1925 in Farmersville, Texas. During World War Il, she worked on a munitions assembly line. Later she worked in the gift-wrapping department of Titche's Department Store in Dallas. She had her own catering business that primarily served weddings. She made hundreds of wedding cakes in her small home kitchen. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock.

She married Gene Hilton in 1945, they lived together in Dallas and Little Rock until Gene's death. She will be remembered as a kind and loving person. She made people happy in her 98+ years of life. And she will be missed.

Her ashes will be placed in the columbarium at Second Presbyterian Church next to her husband in a private service. Neta and her father had Parkinson's Disease, as does her daughter, Beth and her son-in-law, Ed; so in lieu of flowers, please make any memorial gifts to The Parkinson's Foundation.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Chenal Funeral Home
13801 Chenal Parkway
Little Rock, AR  72211
www.rollerfuneralhomes.com