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Obituary:

Rosary for James R. (Jimmy) Hatfield, 66, of 3820 Seventh street, will be recited tonight at 7 o'clock in Grammier-Oberle Procter Street Funeral home chapel.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in St. James Catholic church with the Rev. Irving Wyble, an assistant pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial park.

Mr. Hatfield, an operating engineer by Ellerbee Brothers, died Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in St. Mary's hospital after an illness of one week.

A native of Bunkie, La., Mr. Hatfield had lived in Port Arthur since 1923.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mabel Hatfield, and one daughter, Mrs. Judy DeSha, both of Port Arthur; one brother, W.J. Hatfield of Bridge City; three sisters, Mrs. John Scroggs of Shreveport, La., Mrs. Beulah Redding of Downey, Calif., and Mrs. Bessie Garrett of Diamond Bar, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Arnold Tastka, Fred Davis, L.W. Gulley, John E. Box, Carl Ellerbee and George P. Huber, Jr.

(Published in The Port Arthur News on September 3, 1970)

James married Mabel Gertrude LeBlanc 12 Dec 1931, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA. Mabel (daughter of Albert LeBlanc and Carlotta Margaret Abadie) was born 16 Dec 1912, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 13 Apr 1990, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 14 Apr 1990, Greenlawn Memorial Park - Groves, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Jerry Smith Hatfield was born 15 Jul 1938, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 2 Dec 1962, Groves, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried , Greenlawn Memorial Park - Groves, Texas, USA.
2. Judy Ann Hatfield was born 20 Mar 1941, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 11 Mar 1996, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried , Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Beaumont, Texas, USA.