Odessa Lynn Hill Riviere, 45, of Waycross, passed away Friday, July 3, 2026, at Memorial Satilla Health.
Born in Panama City, FL January 15, 1981, she lived in Central Florida for most of her life before moving to Georgia in 2018. She had worked in horticulture, at a funeral home and as a server for Smokey Bones BBQ prior to working as a transportation supervisor for Lakeland Regional Hospital. She loved the beach and celebrating the 4th of July. She was very good at doing makeup and nails for women and always loved helping them to feel beautiful but her biggest passion in life was being a mom to her three children.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Noma Louise Caroll Hill.
Survivors include her two daughters, Caia Croft, Winter Haven, FL and Emma Rhodes, Gas City, IN; her son, Lane Riviere, Bartow, FL; her father, Jeffery L. Hill, Jacksonville, FL; her sister, Michelle (Kenny) Bessinger, Cuthbert; her brother, Jamie Tucker, Haynes City, FL; a special aunt, Deborah Davis, Jacksonville; her beloved Yorkie, Mateo Lucas, AKA, Matty and several other aunts, uncles, and other relatives.
The family will be celebrating her life at a later date.
Memorialization was by cremation.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online guestbook at www.pearsondial.com.
Pearson-Dial Funeral Home of Blackshear is honored to serve the Riviere/Hill families during this time.
