Hazel Pitts

A graveside service for Hazel Yvonne Pitts, 86, of Bridgeport will be 10 am, Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Eastside Cemetery in Bridgeport, Texas. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 6, from 6 to 8 pm at Hudson & Torres Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport. Hazel passed away August 27 in Decatur, Texas.

She was born January 24, 1936, in Duncan, Oklahoma. 

Hazel had a zest for life and enjoyed many hobbies. She spent her time playing bingo, going to garage sales, cooking, and spending time with family.

She is preceded in death by two brothers, Freddie and Jerry Copeland; daughter Twila Fusco; and grandson Eddie Outlaw.

Hazel is survived by her husband of 34 years, Stanley Newton; sons Duane Kirkes, Randall Kirkes and his wife Marty; daughters Patricia Outlaw and her husband Charles Goedecke; grandchildren Zach Outlaw and his wife Kelsey, Bobby Outlaw and her husband Jay, Kyle Kirkes and his wife Lacy, Sara Watts and her husband Josh, Kayla Somerville and her husband Cal, Benji Fusco, and Skyler Smith; she also leaves behind 12 great-grandchildren.

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