Betty Jane Hoggatt's Obituary
SERVICES – 2:00 PM Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in the First Baptist Church in Hedley with Rev. Bruce Howard and Rev. Anthony Knowles, officiating.
INTERMENT – Rowe Cemetery in Hedley.
ARRANGEMENTS - Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Betty was born December 18, 1922 in Caddo, Oklahoma to Elmo and Willie Polasek Kennedy. She married Johnnie Orville Hoggatt on September 21, 1940 in Memphis. She had been a resident of Hedley for over 50 years and ran H&M Dry Goods prior to her retirement. She was a talented business woman, seamstress, and loved to cook. She was a loving grandmother and a dedicated Christian woman. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hedley.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY – her parents; her husband; a son, James O. Hoggatt; 1 brother and 2 sisters.
SURVIVORS – a son, Johnny L. Hoggatt and wife Kathy of Hedley; a brother, J.R. Kennedy of Hedley; a sister, Mae Griffin of Globe, AZ; 3 grandchildren, Johnny B. Hoggatt, James R. Hoggatt, and Mary V. Tolbert; and 10 great grandchildren.
MEMORIALS- The family request memorials be sent to the First Baptist Church of Hedley or Rowe Cemetery Association.
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