Tulare Advance-Register, Tulare, California, Monday, May 22, 2017
Billie Faye Hyatt, June 27, 1928 – May 13, 2017, Visalia
Billie Faye Hyatt was born in Paris, Arkansas on June 27, 1928 to Guy Clarence and Audie Leona Davis. She was one of 9 children. Billie and her family moved from Paris, Arkansas to Perris, California in 1930 and then moved to Glendale, California in 1932 where she attended elementary school. She moved to Corcoran to live with her grandparents in 1941 during WWII and attended John Muir Junior High School. She graduated from Burbank High School in 1946. She married Melvin Goetzinger in October of 1946 in Glendale, California. She had three children, Sherian Lynn Goetzinger, Ricky Allen Goetzinger and Debra Sue Goetzinger. She married Kenneth Ray Hyatt in 1965 in Las Vegas, they were married 45 years. Ken passed away in 2011. Billie Faye Hyatt, 88, died on May 13, 2017 with her family by her side at Kaweah Delta Hospital in Visalia, California.
Billie was preceded in death by twin sisters Maxine and Florence Davis in 1927. A brother Robert Ray Davis in 1932. Twin sisters Norma Loletta and Margaret Lavetta in 1932. Her mother Audie Leona Davis in 1934 and an infant brother in 1934. Brother Harold Clarence Davis in WWII in 1943. Brother Carold Edmund Davis in 1977. Her father Guy Clarence Davis in 1989. She is survived by 3 children, Sherian Lynn Andrade of Tulare, Ricky Allen Goetzinger of Visalia, and Debra Sue Robertson and husband Marty of Tulare, nephew Michael Davis and wife Lori of Visalia, 8 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren, 1 grandniece and 1 grandnephew, 5 great-grand nieces and 1 great-grandnephew.
Her main interests were her family and all the grandkids. She loved dancing and traveling with her husband all over the United States.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 26, 2017 at Peers-Lorentzen Funeral Home, 132 W. Kern Ave. in Tulare. A special celebration of life will follow at the First Baptist Church, 469 N. Cherry St. in Tulare. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Alzheimer’s Foundation or the First Baptist Church in Tulare.
A special thank you to the staff of Linwood Meadows Care Center for all the love and care they provided for the last two years. Also a special thank you to the nurses and staff at Kaweah Delta Hospital for all their care in the last days of her life. A special thank you to Dr. Thomas Evans. Deepest appreciation to Dr. Vinod Gupta for going above and beyond in your care of my mother and father. Funeral Arrangements by Peers-Lorentzen Funeral Service.
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