Alma June Haggard
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Alma June Haggard
June 10, 1928 - August 7, 2016
Alma June Haggard, 88,
of Groves, died Sunday, August 7, 2016. She was born on June 10, 1928, in Swift,
Missouri, to Lillian Brock Ahart and Harvey Ahart.
June dedicated fifty
years of ministry to the United Pentecostal Church Organization. She will be
remembered as an excellent cook, musician, and singer. June will also be
remembered as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
Survivors include her
son, Gary Haggard and his wife, Betty, of Corning, Arkansas; daughter, Rita
Collins of Groves; daughter-in-law, Miriam Faye Haggard of Little Rock,
Arkansas; sister, Pauline “Pep” Cochran of Missouri; brothers, Waymon Ahart and
his wife, Lavada, of Georgia; Sam Ahart and his wife, Mary, of Arkansas; and
Doyle Ahart of Arizona; ten grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren;
two great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; husband of
seventy-one years, Reverend Kelsie Haggard; son, Dale Haggard; daughter, Cherie
Crocker; grandson, Ethan Haggard; son-in-law, Dennis Collins, Sr.; brothers,
Charles and Wesley Ahart; and sisters, Lois Ahart and Donna Jo Burk.
A gathering of Mrs.
Haggard’s family and friends will be 9:00 a.m., with her funeral service at
10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th
Street, Nederland. Her graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August
11, 2016, at Houston National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston.
Memorial contributions
may be made in Mrs. Haggard’s memory to Alzheimer's Association, 700 North
Street, Suite M, Beaumont, Texas 77701.
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