Oleda Hewitt

Graveside services and interment for Mrs. Oleda May Saxton Hewitt , 77, of Cookeville, will be conducted Thursday January 19, 2012 at 10 a.m. in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Bro. Phillip Martin will officiate. Mrs. Hewitt died Tuesday, January 17th at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hewitt was born October 24, 1934 in Casper, Wyoming to the late Ira Clinton and Alice Marie Thimmig Saxton. Mrs. Hewitt was a member of the Jere Whitson Road Church of Christ and had also attended the Samaria Church of Christ. Mrs. Hewitt retired from the Boeing Corporation after working as a Plastics Bench Mechanic. She enjoyed traveling in her RV. She also had a love for birds and for her two Yorkshire Terriers. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Boyd Hewitt (who died June 22, 2002), and a brother, Ira Thaxton Jr. Mrs. Hewitt is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Kelly Hewitt of Auburn, Washington; daughter, Sylvia Schroeder of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Rennie Edwards. Visitation will immediately follow the service at the cemetery. Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931) 526-6111. Please share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com.