JUDY CHRISTINE BOYETTE

Judy Christine "Chris" Boyette, 57, of Dora, MO passed away April 11, 2017 at her residence. She was born July 31, 1959 in Gainesville, MO, daughter of James Everett and Velma (McGuffey) Hillhouse.

Chris grew up around the Gainesville area and attended school at Lutie. She enjoyed camping, fishing, dancing and singing karaoke. She also enjoyed playing pool, tending to her flowers and working in her yard. She loved her dogs whom were most special to her.

Chris was preceded in death by her parents Everett and Velma Hillhouse; and one sister Wanda Midkiff and one grandson Keanon Frazier. She is survived by her significant other, Charles "Deloss" Sanders of the home; grandchild Shylee Adams of Springfield, MO; great grandchild Raylynn Frazier of Dora, MO; nine siblings, William Hillhouse and wife Beverly of Clarendon, AR, Thomas Hillhouse of Las Vegas, NV, Earnest Hillhouse and wife Carla of Wagoner, OK, James Hillhouse of Brixey,MO, John Hillhouse of Almyra, AR, Alfred Hillhouse and wife Ophelia of Pangburn, AR, Kathryn Nelson of Tecumseh, MO, Nina Welch of Haskell, OK and Martha White of Gainesville, MO; 20 nephews and 14 nieces.

A Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2017 in the Smith Chapel Church north of Gainesville, MO. Interment of cremains will follow in the Smith Chapel Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a "Fund for Chris Boyette (Hillhouse)" has been set up at Century Bank of the Ozarks, PO Box 68, Gainesville, MO 65655 to help pay funeral expenses. Arrangements are by Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville, MO.