HOWARD REX HATFIELD
Howard Rex Hatfield, son of Mrs. Herman Hager of La Plata and Robert Hatfield of Des Moines, Iowa, died in an auto accident north of Kirksville, Missouri Sunday, June 6, 1948.
Howard was born on June 19, 1923 at Yarrow, Missouri. He was united in marriage November 13, 1942 to Margie Gale Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Miller. To them was born one son, Randall James.
He united with the La Plata Baptist Church in 1941.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Verlin, at the age of five years.
Surviving are his wife and 20-month old son, his father and mother, one brother, Don Hatfield of Des Moines, Iowa; a half-brother, Roy Herman Hager; two half-sisters, Colleene and Peggy Sue Hager; one step-brother, Archie Hager, and four step-sisters, Mrs. Violet Pylnell and Mrs. Nadine Joiner of Kansas City, Mrs. Margarey Beck of Joplin and Mrs. Fern Gardner of Ft. Madison, Iowa.
He served overseas three years in World War II in the United States Naval Air Corp. He was a member of the United States Naval Reserve and was employed by the Stanoline Pipeline Company at the time of his death.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the La Plata Baptist Church with Rev. Austin Rissmiller, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was in the La Plata cemetery. Pallbearers were members of the American Legion.