Mama Louise felt sorry for the hungry musicians and brought them their own individual meals and told them to pay her when they had the money. This was the beginning of their friendship; they always knew they could count of Mama Louise when times were hard. After the band became famous, they invited Mama Louise on tour with them in 1972 to California to fix their meals, however she never cooked a single thing. Oprah at H&H In November 2007, Oprah Winfrey came to Macon to record an episode of her television Show Oprah's Favorite Things. While in Macon, she stopped by H&H and met Mama Louise and Mama Inez. When she arrived she was surrounded by security guards and fans. She made her way through the back door of the restaurant and into the dining area. She talked with Mama Louise and Mama Inez and signed autographs and took picture with fans before leaving. Mama Louise's birthday party On July 8, 2007, hundreds of people gathered together to celebrate Mama Louise's Birthday at the Macon Armory Ballroom. Gregg Allman took stage and shared many stories of times the band shared at the H&H restaurant and on tour with Mama Louise. Next, American politician Jim Marshall delivered a proclamation from Washington, D.C. honoring Mama Louise as "Lady Mama Louise". Vergil Watkins, from the Mayor's office, stated that July 26 was "Mama Louise Day" in Macon. She was also given a brick that was to be placed in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame walkway, declaring Mama Louise the Mother of Southern Rock. A slide show was shown composed of pictures of Mama Louise with The Allman Brothers Band and other famous people that had visited the H&H as well as a video of people wishing her a happy birthday. To conclude the evening Johnny Sandlin, Paul Hornsby, Billy Stewart, Tommy Talton, Lee Roy Parnell, Ronnie Bartlett, and Gregg Allman joined on stage to play "These Days", "Midnight Rider", which is Mama Louises favorite song, and "Melissa". Mama Hill's death On December 18, 2007, Inez "Mama" Hill died. She collapsed while working at the H&H and was taken to the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon where doctors determined she suffered a brain aneurysm. She lived to be the mother of seven, a grandmother of sixteen, a great-grandmother, and a great-great-grandmother. Her funeral service was in Macon, but closed to