Bessie LeVelle Hudgins, 75, of Votaw, passed away Wednesday, January 30,
2019, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX surround by her loving
family.
She was born March 7, 1943, in Thicket, TX to Willie Price Burnett
and Dovie Margaret Rhodes. Mrs. Hudgins lived in the Votaw area most of
her life where she loved the lord and made it her mission to make people
smile and happy. She enjoyed sitting on her front porch with her
fur-baby Jackie and drank her coffee. She is most known for her big
heart and the love she had for everybody, she truly made a lasting
impression.
Mrs. Hudgins is preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Dovie
Burnett; husband, Elmer Francis “Slim” Hudgins; brother, Jimmy Burnett;
brothers-in-law, Jim Wayne Love and Ray Bailey; and great-great-niece,
Dixie Norman.
Those left to cherish her memory are; daughter, Pamela Sue Hudgins
of Porter, TX; brothers, Marvin Burnett and wife Brenda of Kountze,
Willie Burnett and wife Pat of Zavalla, Larry Burnett and wife Becky of
Votaw, Rip Burnett and wife Sherry of Batson, Nunnie Burnett and wife
Jeanne of Holly Grove, and Jack Burnett and wife Jessica of Kountze;
sisters, Bobbie Ann Stewart of Votaw, Sissy Loftin and husband Bubba of
Saratoga, Nell Bailey of Votaw, Bitsy Love of Thicket and Melonie Vanya
and husband Kevin of Votaw, numerous nieces and nephews which she
considered her children, all 167 of them, and a host of loving friends.
A service of remembrance will be Sunday, February 3, 2019, at First
Baptist Church in Saratoga at 1:00 p.m. with Reverend Frank Aragon
officiating, interment will follow at Holly Grove Cemetery in
Livingston. A gathering of Mrs. Hudgins family and friends will be
Saturday, February 2, 2019, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. also at First
Baptist Church in Saratoga.
Honoring Mrs. Hudgins as pallbearers will be Erick Burnett, Kyle
Burnett, Don Burnett, Bobby Dale Burnett, Mitch Vanya, Craig Minton,
Jimbo Love, and Craig Murphy. Honorary pallbearers will be Price
Stewart, Nate Stewart, Scotty Burnett, J.R. Bailey, and Sambo Loftin.
