Ozella Hayter

Ozella Hayter, 92, of Clovis, passed into the arms of her beloved heavenly Father, Monday, April 9, 2007. She was born January 5, 1915, on a ranch north of Ralls in Crosby County, Texas to Frank and Delia Ivey. Her family moved a lot during her childhood years to Oklahoma, Arkansas and then back to Ralls, Texas where she finished high school. Then she went to nursing school in Lubbock, TX and later moved to Portales, NM to work for Dr. E. T. Hensley at his hospital. While working there, she met Albert Lewis Hayter from the Rogers community. They were married on October 26, 1940 in Lovington, NM. They moved to Clovis in 1941 where her husband worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. Ozella worked as a nurse at Clovis Memorial Hospital over the next 36 years. She had a great love for her patients and for the elderly and shut-ins whom she visited often which was a great blessing to her.

Ozella was a charter member of Trinity Methodist Church in 1942 and had many beloved friends there. She and her family became members of First Baptist Church in 1961 where she remained a faithful member until her death.

She is survived by her two sons, Jerry of Colorado Springs, CO and Dwayne and his wife Linda of Amarillo, TX; one grandson, Kris; two great- grandsons Grant and Mac of Grapevine, TX; one brother, Ben Ivey of Ft. Worth, TX; one niece, four nephews, and a host of Cousins by the Dozens.

Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 12, 2007 at Steed-Todd Chapel in Clovis with Dr. Herbert Bergstrom officiating. Burial will follow at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens in Clovis.

Casket bearers will be Terry Townsend, Paul Tankersley, Keith Wright, Terry Hastings, Sanford Wagner Steve Cloud.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Baptist Childrens Home, Box 629, Portales, NM 88130.

Service

SteedTodd Chapel
800 E. Manana
Clovis, NM  88101
Thursday, April 12, 2007
2:00 p.m.

Cemetery

Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens
1601 E. Llano Estacado
Clovis, NM  88101

Memorial Contributions

Baptist Childrens HomeP
1032 Children's Drive
Portales, NM  88130