MARJORIE ANITA HATFIELD
1922-2008

Marjorie Anita Hatfield, 85, of Memphis died Wednesday morning, February 6, 2008 at her home.

She was the second child and daughter of Glen Allen and Helen M. Kutzner Chambers, born near Gorin, Missouri on November 20, 1922.

Marjorie attended the Cedar Grove School near her home for eight years, walking to and from school, with her sisters and neighbor children. She graduated from Gorin High School in 1941.

She developed tuberculosis at this time and spent a year in a tuberculosis sanatorium at Mount Vernon, Missouri, recovering completely. 

Married married Lemuel L. Hatfield on August 19, 1942, at Mount Vernon, Missouri. The young couple set up housekeeping on a farm near Gorin, Missouri.

Marjorie was a member of the First Baptist Church of Memphis at her time of death. She accepted Christ as her savior early in life and loved her Lord.

Marjorie worked as a telephone operator and worked in administrative offices of hospitals in Kansas and Missouri. Her hobbies were crocheting, growing flowers, her family and her home. Marjorie served as Sunday School teacher and pianist; she led G.A.’s and taught Training union.

Preceding her in death were parents and many relatives and friends.

She is survived by her husband, Lemuel; two sons, Eugene and wife Kimberly Hatfield of Springfield and Alan and wife Sandy Hatfield of Chanute,  KS; her sisters, Verlee and husband Harley Dauma and Virginia and husband Ivan Woods, all of Memphis, and Glenna and husband John Tolliver of St. Peters, MO; two grandsons, Chris and Curt Hatfield; one granddaughter, Terry and husband Terry Nix; and seven great grandchildren.

Funeral services were at 1:30 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2008 at the First Baptist Church in Memphis with Dan Hite, pastor of First Baptist officiating.   Burial was in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Gorin.  Visitation was prior to the service from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the church.

Memorials are suggested to the First Baptist Church and may be left at or mailed to: Gerth Funeral Service, 115 S. Main, Memphis, MO 63555.

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