He was the son of Cleo Imogene Majors Hill and Edward Goldthwaite.
Brian accepted Christ at an early age. He attended elementary and high school in the Dallas Independent School District. He was a gifted keyboard and harmonica player, great singer and a dynamic Dominoes player.
He met and married Dorcas Riley, and to that union was born a son, Brian Arthur Hill, Jr., and a daughter, Karen Denise Riley.
Brian was preceded in death by his mother, father, brother, James A. Hill, sisters, Barbara Jean Langley Myers and Deborah Elaine Andrews.
Left to celebrate his homegoing and cherish his memories: sons, Brian Arthur Hill, Jr., Mesquite, TX, Eric Gray, Dallas, TX; daughters, Karen Denise Riley, Mesquite, TX, Chelsea Hill, Dallas, TX; one brother, Napoleon Bonaparte Hill III, Dallas, TX; two sisters, Linda Susan Curry (Norris), Celina TX, and Crystal Ann Bethel, Dallas, TX; four nieces, Shalanda Hill, Kalisha Keeling, Ashley Hill, Eboni Curry; eight nephews, Napoleon Hill IV, Ramon Hill, Zachery Hill, Corvelle Harris, Clark Harris, Darrell Langley, Derrick Langley, and Stacey Langley; and many special great nieces and nephews, and a host of relatives and friends.