Bedia Hyde's Obituary
Bedia Elizabeth Hyde, daughter of Kingsley Levi Carson and Jennie Lois (Robinette) Spillman, was born March 10, 1914, near Norwood, Missouri. She departed this life Monday, March 1, 2010, in Hartville Care Center, in Hartville, Missouri, at the age of ninety-five years, eleven months and twenty-one days.
On June 5, 1940, she was united in marriage to Vernon V. Hyde, and they shared twenty years together until his passing on July 8, 1960. She was also preceded in death by her parents; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Gladys and Orville Raney, Zola and Merton Cottengim, Jewel and Harry Murrell, and Delta and Paul Wakefield; three nieces, Lois (McNutt) Conway, LaVon Smith, and Joy Meyer; a nephew, Gary Raney; and a great-great-nephew, Garrett Bolin.
Bedia is survived by two nephews, Ronald Wakefield and his wife, Sandra, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, Wendell Wakefield and his wife, Myrna, of Hartville, Missouri, a nephew-in-law, Charles Meyer, of Ventura, California; one nieces, Janet Russell and her husband, Ted, of Hartville, Missouri, a niece-in-law, Bonita Raney, of Norwood, Missouri; five great-nephews, Greg Raney and wife, Debbie, Mark Meyer and wife, Loretta, Ronald Gene Wakefield and wife, Tracy, Randall Wakefield and wife, Kristy, and John Wakefield; six great-nieces, Tina Bolin and husband, Grady, Jana Fletcher and husband, Alan, Jennifer Jones, Christina Wakefield, Paula Ladd and husband, Bill, and Julie Rieke and husband, Joey; twenty-three great-great-nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and many friends.
She was born and raised in the Owens Community on the family homestead. After graduating from Hartville High School in the Class of 1932, Bedia attended Southwest Missouri State Teacher’s College. She taught at the Carter School for a few years and then moved to Ventura, California, where she and Vernon owned and operated the Home Café. In August of 1978, after Vernon’s passing, she returned to Hartville to help care for her family, affectionately known as the Spillman Girls. Throughout the years she loved having family get togethers to do canning, quilting, or just visiting over pie and coffee. She was always willing to lend a helping hand to others. Cooking for the family gave her great pleasure. She was an excellent cook and especially noted for her (sunshine) egg custard pie. She loved telling jokes and stories.
Bedia was a loving sister and aunt, and a treasured great and great-great aunt. We celebrate her life and honor her accomplishment, and will treasure the memories she created for her family and friends. She will be fondly remembered and greatly missed and will forever live on in our hearts.
Funeral services for Bedia will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday March 13 2010 with visitation begaining at 12:30 PM in Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Hartville, Missouri.
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