Dorothy "Vonnie" Yvonne Hamblett

Services for Dorothy Yvonne “Vonnie” Hamblett, 81, of Tyler will be held on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at 10 a.m. in the Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with Kerry Hamblett conducting the service. Burial will take place at 2:30 p.m. at the Laurel Land Cemetery in Dallas under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hamblett passed away peacefully at home in Tyler on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. She has gone home! She was born Oct. 30, 1937, in Dallas to Willess Henry Vincent and Mary Edith Burleson Vincent.

Vonnie was a member of West Erwin Church of Christ for over 40 years. In her later years she also attended Shiloh Road Church of Christ, as it was closer to her home.

She graduated from Birdville High School in 1956. She was a member of the National Honor Society and went on to attend Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. Vonnie married Dale Hamblett Aug. 15, 1959 and eventually gave birth to three boys.

First and foremost to Vonnie was that she took care of her boys. She stayed home and trained them until each was graduated from high school. She then took a job with Southwestern Bell as a Directory Assistance Operator and retired in 2003.

Vonnie was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her loving family: son, Barry Hamblett and wife Janice; son, Kerry Hamblett and wife Judy; and son, Alan Hamblett and wife Danielle; as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Chad Hamblett, Clay Hamblett, Brian Means, Josh Graham, Blake Hamblett, and Harry Hamblett

Visitation is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler.

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