SAVANNAH, GEORGIA -Hazel Louise Latham Maddux, 87, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Robert Velton Maddux, peacefully left us in Savannah, Georgia to live with her Lord and Savior in Heaven on, February 11, 2010.
Born in Boswell, Oklahoma on January 7, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Frank Louis Latham and the late Mary Louise Crawford Latham. Mrs. Maddux was a member of the Northwest Church of Christ and was a homemaker. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Ruby Smith, Ruth Wike, Irene Smith and Joyce Hamilton, and two brothers, F. L. Latham and Earl Latham.
Surviving are her son, Robert David Maddux and his wife, Dianne, of Yuma, Arizona; her daughter, Sherida L. Dykes and her husband, Bill, of Savannah, Georgia; four grandchildren, Darren Maddux, Kristianne Cutsforth and her husband, Lance, Melissa Bates and her husband, Paul, and Meredith Epperson; five great-grandchildren, Nicholas Cutsforth, Victoria Cutsforth, Abigail Cutsforth, Sydney Bates and Zoe Bates; one sister, Mary Edith Dancer and her husband, J. W., of Durant, Oklahoma; one sister-in-law, Patricia June Gage of Visalia, California, and many loving nieces and nephews. The members of her family and friends, who loved her dearly, will miss her always.
She always brightened the lives of those who knew her with her ready smile and cheerful attitude. Resilience, dignity and grace were all the hallmarks of her character. These memories will live in our hearts forever.
The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 o'clock Friday evening at Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home in Durant, Oklahoma.
The funeral service will be held at 12 o'clock Saturday at Northwest Church of Christ conducted by Minister Andy Burns. Interment will be in Boswell Restland Cemetery in Boswell.
Honorary Pallbearer: Kevin Dancer
Pallbearers: Lance Cutsforth, Nicholas Cutsforth, Jim Dancer, Aaron Dancer, Bill Dykes, Bill Neblett.
Remembrances: Northwest Church of Christ - 1421 Chuckwa Drive, Durant, Oklahoma 74701-2101.