Loretta Newsome Hastey, 82, of Plainview, Texas met her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ face to face on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. A remembrance of her life, and the hope we have in her Savior, will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 23, 2021 at Kornerstone Chapel with Robert Malcom officiating. Interment will follow in Plainview Memorial Park under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview.

A visitation will be held from 7:00-8:00 P.M. Friday, October 22, 2021 at Kornerstone.

Loretta was born September 11, 1939 in County Line, Texas. She married Maurice Hastey on March 26, 1956 in Clovis, New Mexico. They settled in Plainview in 1964 where she was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church and then Colonial Baptist Church. In recent years, she was a member of First Baptist Church. She will be remembered by her family as a model of the virtuous woman described in Proverbs 31 for her love of her family, her extreme work ethic, and her commitment to Christ.

Over her life as a homemaker, she raised six children and contributed to the upbringing of numerous others, including her grandchildren and great grandchildren, her siblings, her nieces and nephews, and others within the community. She gave her all to the work of her home. She put homecooked meals on the table everyday for a large gathering of family and guests, she grew large gardens, canned her produce, mowed the yard, and relished the occasional opportunity to do double duty as a carpenter and "handyman". She also modeled walking with Christ every day. Walking through her kitchen necessitated hearing her favorite radio preacher in the background as you passed. Dining at her table required bowing in prayer, and passing a day with her would involve singing hymns and discussing the future hope she had in Christ.

Loretta's had a heart for spreading the Gospel of Christ to her family, her neighbors and beyond. She loved reading her Bible and sharing what she read with others. She shared the Gospel with the children she taught in Sunday school, and she supported many missionaries and Christian ministries spreading the Gospel across the world. She was a vigilant prayer warrior for her family as well as the needs of others., and she opened her home to evangelists as they passed through.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Leon Newsome and Vera Bevers. Brothers Charles Newsome, Doyle Newsome, Donald Newsome, Max Newsome, Jerry Newsome, Dale Newsome and David Ray Newsome. Sisters Carolyn Newsome and Linda Gail Hodges.

She is survived by her husband, Maurice Hastey of Plainview; two daughters Alisa Peters Prayor of Plainview, Cheryl Malcom of Plainview; four sons, Stephen Hastey of Plainview, Victor Hastey of Brownfield, Kenon Hastey of Plainview, Eric Hastey of Plainview; a brother, Justin Newsome of Puyallup, WA; a sister, Francis Wheeler of Lubbock; 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

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Published by Plainview Daily Herald from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, 2021.

Memories and Condolences
for Loretta Hastey

5 Entries

Marianne Brunson

October 15, 2023

Loretta was a good friend & neighbor for many years. We ha special visits & shared Jesus with each other!

Karon Kelley Medlin, KelleyDon Medlin, Kristopher Coe Medlin.

October 31, 2021

Loretta was a very dear and sweet lady she will be deeply missed. There is no doubt she is sitting at the right hand of GOD. If one of the family could call me I would highly appreciate it.
817-629-1432. My family use to attend Church with your family at Calvary Baptist Church in Plainview, Texas.
TOUCHED by THE MASTERS HANDS.
My prayers are with each of you.

Justin miller

October 24, 2021

I will never forget the summer that I was working for Buckner and sons harvesting and I pulled into the driveway yawls yard and a few minutes later she knew exactly who I was what a thrill I enjoyed every minute of cutting the wheat another short memory that I have as a child is the black eyed pea machine that she and my mother used to get Black Eyed Peas I´ll never forget that but another memory that I have is the wonderful House and how she always made even I feel at home I cannot wait to see her again in heaven part of me is jealous she´s already there I love you to all the family I wish I could be there with y´all

Marianne & Ron Brunson

October 23, 2021

We want to send our sympathy to all of your family members. We did not know about Loretta's passing until the burial was over; otherwise, we'd have been there for you all. Your family & our family have lots of memories over the years as neighbors, servants of the Lord, & good friends. Now we pray for God's Holy Spirit to comfort you all especially at this time!

Dale Hartley

October 22, 2021

Helen and I are heartbroken at Loretta´s passing but rejoicing that she is home forever with Jesus.

Loretta grew up very poor as I had, so she and I would try to "out poor" each other (She always won). She once told me that growing poor was why she so appreciated all of her blessings, but especially her family.

We have many happy memories of the times we served with Loretta and visited in the Hastey home.
In fact, I blame some of my weight problems directly on those visits and on Loretta "forcing" me to have some more at her always bountiful table.

I´m thankful for those precious memories, and
I´m so glad her trials are over and that she has moved into that "house not made with hands". She has earned a "rest from her labors".

And to her dear ones, please know that we love you.

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