Rosetta (Smith) Jennings
January 3, 1936 — November 4, 2016
Decatur ~ Hester Rosetta Jennings, 80, went to be with our Lord Friday, November 4, 2016 in Decatur.
Funeral is 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Hawkins Funeral Home Decatur Chapel with burial in Oaklawn Cemetery. Family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Saturday at the Hawkins Funeral Home Decatur.
Brother Donnie Autry will officiate. Pallbearers include Frank Jennings, Robert Rodden, David Smith, Cullen Hinshaw, Sylvester VanDerlee, and William Jennings.
Rosetta was born on January 3, 1936 to Tom and Nettie (Kitchens) Smith in Carlsbad, New Mexico. She was united in marriage to Walter Eugene Jennings on May 8, 1952 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Rosetta was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Walter Jennings of 52 years; her infant son, David Jennings; her Grandson, Curtis Carney; her brother; her sister.
Those left behind to cherish her memory are her son, Frank Jennings and wife Andra of Ardmore, Oklahoma; her daughters, Jeanita VanDerlee and husband Sylvester of Decatur, Serene Smith of Decatur, Amy Hinshaw and husband Cullen of Era, Nikki Rodden and husband Robert of Decatur; her 16 grandchildren; her 13 great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and a host of friends.
Hawkins Funeral Home Decatur, Decatur, Texas, 940-627-5959
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