To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 3/15/23 • Approved: 3/16/23 • Last Updated: 9/26/23 • R1476506-G0-S3
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS US Army
September 28, 1939 - June 6, 2008
Obituary
Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home
Hamburg, Arkansas
Mr. Hoyle Franklin Waits, 68, of Springhill, Louisiana went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, June 6, 2008 at the Willis Knighton Health System in Bossier City, Louisiana. He was born September 28, 1939 in Hamburg, Arkansas and after a few years he moved to New Iberia, Louisiana and was raised there. He had been a resident of Springhill since 1979. He was a veteran of the United States Army and after serving four years in the Army, he started his career working in the oil field where he started at the bottom and worked his way up to become a Drilling and Completion Engineer. He retired from Nelson Energy and started his own consulting business. He was a Baptist; an avid hunter and he loved the outdoors.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer Frank and Clara Waits, and a grandson, C.J. Waits.
He is survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Betty Gloria Waits of Springhill, Louisiana; three sons, Chad Waits and wife, Darlene, of Walkers Creek, Arkansas; Shawn Waits and wife, Donna, of Sarepta, Louisiana and Chris Waits of Springhill, Louisiana; two grandsons, Nathan and Jesse Waits of Walkers Creek, Arkansas.
Funeral services are 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2008 in the chapel of Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home with Rev. Myron Shaw officiating. Burial will be in the Hamburg Cemetery. Pallbearers are Travis Wallace, Emmitt Wallace, Sammy Wallace, Bill Wallace, Dennis Branton, and Joe Sepulvado. Memorials may be made to the Willis Knighton Cancer Center, 8001 Youree Drive Ste. 500, Shreveport, LA 71115.
Contributed on 3/15/23 by deltabelle55
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1476506