Norma Jean Hedges, 93, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2014, in Houston, Texas. The funeral service will be at 3 p.m., Thursday, May 22, at Hedegs–Scott Funeral Home, 1270 South Business Highway 5 in Camdenton, Missouri. The visitation will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m., May 22, Thursday, at the funeral home. Entombment will follow in Lake Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Praying Hands Mausoleum, Osage Beach.
Norma Jean was born in Brumley, Missouri, to the late Roy B. Hawkins and Sue (Jones) Hawkins. She was married to Walter Perry Hedges on September 27, 1940, in Fulton, Missouri.
A graduate of Iberia Junior College at the age of 16, Norma was a teacher in Iberia, Brumley, and the lake area for 16 years. Alongside her husband, Walter, Norma also helped to build the Hedges Funeral Homes, established in 1941. With funeral homes in Iberia, Brumley, Crocker, Waynesville, Stoutland, Richland, Meta, Camdenton, Macks Creek and Osage Beach, they made Camdenton their home since 1960.
Her care for families as they went through the grieving process and attention to the community's needs lives on through Tim and Joy Scott, who continue the legacy of their family-owned business as Hedges-Scott Funeral Homes in Camdenton, Osage Beach, and Macks Creek.
Outside of her important role in the Hedges Funeral Homes, she was a Sunday school teacher at the First Baptist Church of Camdenton and an active volunteer at the Lamb House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and at the Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach.
Norma was preceded in death by her husband, Walter P. Hedges; a daughter, Christy E. Hedges McGeough; and a brother, Reber Hawkins.
Survivors include her sister, Maudine "Dean" Edwards, of Tuscumbia, Missouri; daughters, D'Ann Hellstern, of Dallas, Texas, and Suzy Heine and husband, Jon of Houston, Texas; grandchildren: Melissa Hellstern, of Chicago, Illinois, Ryan Heine, of Houston, Texas, Kimberly Heine Nettles and husband, Charlie, of Houston, Texas; great-grandchild, Charles Mays Nettles; other relatives and many friends. O15
Norma Jean was born in Brumley, Missouri, to the late Roy B. Hawkins and Sue (Jones) Hawkins. She was married to Walter Perry Hedges on September 27, 1940, in Fulton, Missouri.
A graduate of Iberia Junior College at the age of 16, Norma was a teacher in Iberia, Brumley, and the lake area for 16 years. Alongside her husband, Walter, Norma also helped to build the Hedges Funeral Homes, established in 1941. With funeral homes in Iberia, Brumley, Crocker, Waynesville, Stoutland, Richland, Meta, Camdenton, Macks Creek and Osage Beach, they made Camdenton their home since 1960.
Her care for families as they went through the grieving process and attention to the community's needs lives on through Tim and Joy Scott, who continue the legacy of their family-owned business as Hedges-Scott Funeral Homes in Camdenton, Osage Beach, and Macks Creek.
Outside of her important role in the Hedges Funeral Homes, she was a Sunday school teacher at the First Baptist Church of Camdenton and an active volunteer at the Lamb House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and at the Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach.
Norma was preceded in death by her husband, Walter P. Hedges; a daughter, Christy E. Hedges McGeough; and a brother, Reber Hawkins.
Survivors include her sister, Maudine "Dean" Edwards, of Tuscumbia, Missouri; daughters, D'Ann Hellstern, of Dallas, Texas, and Suzy Heine and husband, Jon of Houston, Texas; grandchildren: Melissa Hellstern, of Chicago, Illinois, Ryan Heine, of Houston, Texas, Kimberly Heine Nettles and husband, Charlie, of Houston, Texas; great-grandchild, Charles Mays Nettles; other relatives and many friends. O15
Norma Jean Hedges, 93, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2014, in Houston, Texas. The funeral service will be at 3 p.m., Thursday, May 22, at Hedegs–Scott Funeral Home, 1270 South Business Highway 5 in Camdenton, Missouri. The visitation will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m., May 22, Thursday, at the funeral home. Entombment will follow in Lake Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Praying Hands Mausoleum, Osage Beach.
Norma Jean was born in Brumley, Missouri, to the late Roy B. Hawkins and Sue (Jones) Hawkins. She was married to Walter Perry Hedges on September 27, 1940, in Fulton, Missouri.
A graduate of Iberia Junior College at the age of 16, Norma was a teacher in Iberia, Brumley, and the lake area for 16 years. Alongside her husband, Walter, Norma also helped to build the Hedges Funeral Homes, established in 1941. With funeral homes in Iberia, Brumley, Crocker, Waynesville, Stoutland, Richland, Meta, Camdenton, Macks Creek and Osage Beach, they made Camdenton their home since 1960.
Her care for families as they went through the grieving process and attention to the community's needs lives on through Tim and Joy Scott, who continue the legacy of their family-owned business as Hedges-Scott Funeral Homes in Camdenton, Osage Beach, and Macks Creek.
Outside of her important role in the Hedges Funeral Homes, she was a Sunday school teacher at the First Baptist Church of Camdenton and an active volunteer at the Lamb House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and at the Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach.
Norma was preceded in death by her husband, Walter P. Hedges; a daughter, Christy E. Hedges McGeough; and a brother, Reber Hawkins.
Survivors include her sister, Maudine "Dean" Edwards, of Tuscumbia, Missouri; daughters, D'Ann Hellstern, of Dallas, Texas, and Suzy Heine and husband, Jon of Houston, Texas; grandchildren: Melissa Hellstern, of Chicago, Illinois, Ryan Heine, of Houston, Texas, Kimberly Heine Nettles and husband, Charlie, of Houston, Texas; great-grandchild, Charles Mays Nettles; other relatives and many friends. O15
Norma Jean was born in Brumley, Missouri, to the late Roy B. Hawkins and Sue (Jones) Hawkins. She was married to Walter Perry Hedges on September 27, 1940, in Fulton, Missouri.
A graduate of Iberia Junior College at the age of 16, Norma was a teacher in Iberia, Brumley, and the lake area for 16 years. Alongside her husband, Walter, Norma also helped to build the Hedges Funeral Homes, established in 1941. With funeral homes in Iberia, Brumley, Crocker, Waynesville, Stoutland, Richland, Meta, Camdenton, Macks Creek and Osage Beach, they made Camdenton their home since 1960.
Her care for families as they went through the grieving process and attention to the community's needs lives on through Tim and Joy Scott, who continue the legacy of their family-owned business as Hedges-Scott Funeral Homes in Camdenton, Osage Beach, and Macks Creek.
Outside of her important role in the Hedges Funeral Homes, she was a Sunday school teacher at the First Baptist Church of Camdenton and an active volunteer at the Lamb House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and at the Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach.
Norma was preceded in death by her husband, Walter P. Hedges; a daughter, Christy E. Hedges McGeough; and a brother, Reber Hawkins.
Survivors include her sister, Maudine "Dean" Edwards, of Tuscumbia, Missouri; daughters, D'Ann Hellstern, of Dallas, Texas, and Suzy Heine and husband, Jon of Houston, Texas; grandchildren: Melissa Hellstern, of Chicago, Illinois, Ryan Heine, of Houston, Texas, Kimberly Heine Nettles and husband, Charlie, of Houston, Texas; great-grandchild, Charles Mays Nettles; other relatives and many friends. O15
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