Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Gregory, wife of Ralls School superintendent, C. O. Gregory, were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Ralls First Baptist Church. The pastor, the Rev. Floyd Haddock, officiated.
Mrs. Gregory was killed in an auto smashup Thursday afternoon about 5:30, on the traffic bi-pass west of Ralls. The Gregory car, and a car driven by a Levelland woman.
Returning to their home in Ralls after attending the funeral and burial of Lt. Ronald Smithee, the Gregory´s had crossed the railroad and were headed north on the bi-pass, when their car was involved in a head-on crash with the Levelland car. Mrs. Gregory was carried to the Crosbyton hospital, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival. Mr. Gregory, also carried to Crosbyton, had a broken leg and other injuries. He was treated, and then taken to Lubbock Methodist Hospital, where he had surgery. The Levelland woman was seriously injured and treated at Lubbock Methodist.
The Gregorys came to Ralls in 1960 from Sudan, where they had lived for seven years. She was a native of Lawton, Okla. A former teacher, she was a member of the First Baptist Church here. She was a member of the Ada Powell Sunday School Class, and taught Primary 1, and was director and counselor of Girls´ Auxiliary.
At the funeral the choir sang "How Great Thou Art." A trio of Mrs. Roy Schulter, Mrs. Doyle Norris and Mrs. Aylene Kendricks sang, "In the Garden" and Mrs. Norris sang the Girls Auxiliary Hymn "We´ve A Story to Tell."
Survivors other than the husband, include a daughter Belinda of the home; three brothers, Claude Shelton, Loyd Shelton, and Mid Shelton, all of Lawton; three sisters, Mrs. Gene Stove, of Singer, Calif.; Mrs. Ron Hines of Lawton; and Mrs. Ruddy Haversano of Lindenhurst, N.Y.; and her mother Mrs. Stella Mae Shelton of Lawton.
Pallbearers were W. H. Dismukes, Vance Osborne, John Hunt, Edgar Smithee, R. B. Tucker, Paul Chisholm, and Robert Smithee. Deacons of the First Baptist Church, and members of the Ralls school board were honorary pallbearers.
Published in Ralls Banner, May 1969
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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