Mozelle Hardaway

Mary Mozelle Hardaway, age 98, of Pickens, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully, on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at the Spring Lake Assisted Living in Paris, Texas. She was born on Sunday, July 25, 1926, to Virgil Simpson and Ruth Jane Booth Morris, in Alikchi, Oklahoma.

Mozelle and Barney were married June 16th, 1945. They enjoyed 69 and a half years of marriage.

Mozelle was a devout Christian whose unwavering faith and love for God guided her throughout her life. As a charter member of the Pickens Assembly of God, she was a cornerstone of her church community, known for her kindness and dedication. Mozelle cherished her family deeply and found joy in the simple yet meaningful pleasures of life, such as gardening, canning, quilting, and raising her beloved chickens. Her famous chili beans were a treat enjoyed by all who were fortunate enough to have a taste. Above all Mozelle was a powerful prayer warrior. She prayed continually for her family and all those that she knew. Even in the last days of her illness she could still be heard calling on the name of Jesus and was an inspiration to all those that met her. She had many testimonies throughout her life of answered prayers.

Mozelle is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Barney Hardaway; one son, Kenneth Hardaway; her two brothers, Odell Morris and Bill Morris and one sister, Claudia Jackson.

Mozelle is survived by her three sons and daughters-in-law, Johnny and Wyvone Hardaway of Pickens, Oklahoma, Lynn and Sherry Hardaway of Battiest, Oklahoma, and Terry Hardaway of Pickens, Oklahoma; two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen and Billy Marable of Pickens, Oklahoma and Sherry and Eddie Ross of Pickens, Oklahoma; one daughter in law, Macy Hardaway of Battiest, Oklahoma; special sister in law, Dixie Holmes of Pickens, Oklahoma; nineteen grandchildren; sixty-eight great-grandchildren; twenty-eight great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. at the Pickens Assembly of God with Brother Tag Rowan and Brother Jeff Mattox officiating. Interment will follow at County Line Cemetery in Pickens, Oklahoma. Visitation will be Friday, January 17, 2025, at the Battiest School Cafeteria from 5-7 P.M. Arrangements are entrusted to Bowser Family Funeral Home in Broken Bow, Oklahoma.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Elara Hospice nurses; the Spring Lake Assisted Living and the First Pentecostal Church of Paris all in Paris, Texas.

In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Pickens Assembly of God Building Fund, P.O. Box 427, Pickens, Oklahoma 74752.

Online Guestbook: www.bowserffh.com

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