Obit of Hier, Laura Bettye Bailey - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: HIER, GILES, BAILEY, SAPPENFIELD, DEVRIES, SANDERS, SHUMATE, RULE
from 1-9-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Laura B. Hier

Laura Bettye Bailey Hier, 89, of Hugh Chatham Nursing Center died
Thursday, January 2, 2003.

A memorial service will be conducted at 11 A.M. Monday, January 6, 2003 at
First United Methodist Church Chapel, Hawthorne Road, Elkin by Rev. Sandy
Giles,

Mrs. Hier was born in Warren, Arkansas, October 13, 1913 to Bert and Ruth
Bailey. She attended Monticello A & M College in Arkansas and later worked
as a dental assistant in Warren, Arkansas.

She met her husband Doug, while he was on assignment in Warren, Arkansas.
They were married March 14, 1936.

While on various assignments with oil companies, they lived in Java until
forced to leave by the Japanese penetration in the Pacific during World
War II. Among other places they lived are Denver, Co.; Shreveport, LA.;
Houston, TX; Wichita Falls and Amarillo, TX; Bartlesville and Oklahoma
City, OK; Prince Edward Island; Calgary, Canada and Brisbane, Australia.

They moved to Emerald Bay in Texas in 1971 after Doug's retirement from
Phillips Petroleum Company in Amarillo, TX. Seven years later, they moved
to Singapore when Doug was called out of retirement to do consulting for
Phillips. In 1991, they moved to Elkin, NC where they resided at Parkwood
Place for five years, later moving to State Road, NC, Where she lived
until moving to Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in August 2001.

Mrs. Hiers was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, a sister, Pat
Sappenfield and granddaughter, Paige Shumate De Vries.

She is survived by one son, Charles (Alby) Hier of Pittsburgh, PA, three
daughters, Bonnie (Robert) Sanders of Amarillo, TX, Rozanne (Paul) Shumate
of State Road, NC and Melinda (Bill) Rule of Bartlesville, OK. Eleven
grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Surry County, NC
or the Paige Shumate De Vries Memorial Music Scholarship Fund, Wake Forest
University, NC.

Hodges Funeral Home in Elkin is serving the Hier family.
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