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Hazel O. SANDERS LOFTIN

Holt Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

Adolphus F.
May 14, 1877-February 21, 1954


Hazel O.
June 28, 1891-May 16, 1990

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*Obituary for Adolphus
SPEARMAN - (Special) - Funeral services for Rev. A.F. Loftin 77, who died of cancer at Hansford Hospital yesterday were held at 2 p.m., Monday at the Spearman Baptist Church.

Rev. O.L. Bryant, pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. Norman Sanders of Cuero, Rev. D.D. Moore of Borger and Rev. R.L. Cooksey of Blackwell.

Rev. Loftin had been a Baptist minister since 1900. His last pastorate was at Estelline, where he retired in 1945. Since 1950 he had made his home at Spearman.

Survivors include: Mrs. Hazel Loftin of the home; a son, Paul Loftin of Spearman; two daughters, Mrs. R.L. Cooksey of Blackwell and Mrs. Fred Holt of Spearman; a brother, A.R. Loftin of Hattiesburg, Miss.; and a sister, Mrs. Sara Whitsett of Foley.

Masonic burial rites were conducted at the graveside in Holt Cemetery south of Spearman.

*Obituary for Hazel
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, February 22, 1954)
Social Security Death Index
Name: Hazel O. Loftin
Born: 28 Jun 1891
Died: 16 May 1990

SPEARMAN - Hazel Sanders Loftin, 98, died Wednesday, May 16, 1990.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Russell Pogue, a former pastor, and the Rev. Bill Miller, pastor of Union Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Holt Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.

Mrs. Loftin was born and reared in Iola. She married Adolphus Franklin Loftin in 1910 at Iola. He died in 1954. She attended San Marcos College, Baylor University and graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth in 1924 with a degree in music. Her husband was a Baptist minister and they had pastored several churches before they moved to Spearman in 1933. They served the First Baptist Church until 1938. She taught Sunday school and played piano for worship service. She was active in the Women's Missionary Union. She taught piano for many years, beginning in 1937. They returned to Spearman in 1950 to retire.

Mrs. Loftin was past president of the Spearman Music Club and of the Dahlia Flower Club. She was named Woman of the Year in 1973 by the flower club. She was a member of First Baptist Church, the Rebekah Lodge and the Order of Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Oscilee Cooksey.

Survivors include a daughter, Wren Holt of Spearman, a son, Paul Loftin of Austin, a brother, the Rev. Norman Sanders of Cuero, eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

The family requests that flowers be sent or memorials be made to Hansford Manor.

(Published in Amarillo Daily News, May 17, 1990)

Contributed on 11/20/20 by neldapat
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Submitted: 11/20/20 • Approved: 11/21/20 • Last Updated: 11/24/20 • R367442-G367440-S3

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