Doris C Hudspeth

Doris C. Hudspeth

Doris C. Hudspeth, 85, 3001 Ivy Drive in North Newton, homemaker and employed by Kinder and Congoleum Manufacturer Co. as a seamstress, died Friday (June 5, 1998) at Newton Medical Center.

She was born July 14, 1912, in Amber, Okla., to C.P. and Katherine (Wallace) Holcomb. She married Robert E. Hudspeth on Sept. 19, 1930, in Oklahoma City. He preceded her in death.

She was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Newton. She moved to Mt. View, Mo., to Newton in 1967. She and her husband were owners of several businesses.

Survivors include: two daughters, Imogene Duncan and Karen Van Horn, both of Newton; one honorary daughter, Barbara Cassil of Newton; eight grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by two brothers, Donald Holcomb and Roy Holcomb; one grandson, Jimmy Duncan; and three sisters, Velma King, Vivian Phillips, and Ruby Stringfield.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Foley and Pastor Enoch Duncan from Zion Missionary Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Restlawn Gardens of Memory in Newton. Friends may call until 9 p.m. today at Petersen Funeral Home. Family will greet friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.