| − | Hillyer is the younger of two sons of Haywood Hansell Hillyer, III (1937-2010), who is interred at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hillyer&GSfn=Haywood&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=155117619&df=all& | + | Hillyer is the younger of two sons of Haywood Hansell Hillyer, III (1937-2010), a Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]] activist,<ref name=mgriffon/> who is interred at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hillyer&GSfn=Haywood&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=155117619&df=all& |
| | |title=Heywood Hansell Hillyer, III|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> and the former Brenda Edmonson (born October 8, 1941) of Hendersonville, [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/brenda-hillyer/e373204066878|title=Brenda Edmonson Hillyer|publisher-Mylife.com|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> His wife is Tresy Hillyer. His brother, Hayward Hillyer, IV (1961-2017), was a New Orleans [[insurance]] executive who remained behind during [[Hurricane Katrina]] to help with rescue efforts and to tend to property and pets left behind by his friends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=haywood-hansell-hillyer&pid=187683205&fhid=5630|title=Haywood Hansell Hillyer, IV, obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=January 3, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> | | |title=Heywood Hansell Hillyer, III|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> and the former Brenda Edmonson (born October 8, 1941) of Hendersonville, [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/brenda-hillyer/e373204066878|title=Brenda Edmonson Hillyer|publisher-Mylife.com|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> His wife is Tresy Hillyer. His brother, Hayward Hillyer, IV (1961-2017), was a New Orleans [[insurance]] executive who remained behind during [[Hurricane Katrina]] to help with rescue efforts and to tend to property and pets left behind by his friends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=haywood-hansell-hillyer&pid=187683205&fhid=5630|title=Haywood Hansell Hillyer, IV, obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=January 3, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> |