BILLYE RUTH HACKNEY
Billye Ruth Hackney, 83, of Lubbock, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel, in Lubbock. Burial followed in Resthaven Memorial Park. Visitation took place from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 at Resthaven Funeral Home. Please join us in celebrating Billye’s life by visiting her memorial at https://www. dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ 11132482.
She was born on Sept. 5, 1939, in Putnam, Texas, to Billie Hall and Ruth Erlene (McMillan) Walls. She married Harvey Darrell Hackney on Dec. 25, 1958, in Baird, Texas. She enjoyed the early years of her marriage raising their three children as a loving wife and homemaker. She and Darrell lived and raised their family in several communities across the Texas Panhandle,eventually settling in Childress, Texas. Her early work career, out of the home, started in Amarillo,Texas as a Nutritional Consultant, and she worked as a Sales Consultant at S&H Green Stamp Store in Childress.
As a talented artist and ceramicist, Billye opened Mud House Ceramics Shop in Childress, where she was a Certified Duncan Ceramics Teacher. She taught ceramics classes and sessions to help those interested in ceramics at any level with her business becoming a community favorite with artist of all ages who enjoyed the social get together of creating art. After leaving Childress, Billye became interested the art of custom framing and worked as an expert framer and manager for two privately owned framing studios and was the Framing Department Manager for Hobby Lobby in Lubbock until Darrell’s death in 2010.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Erlene, both of Lubbock; her husband, Darrell, of 52 years, also from Lubbock; and her grandson, Matthew Kyle Evans (US Army, Special Forces SFC), of Pinehurst, N.C.Those left to cherish her memories are brother David Walls and wife Tammy, of Lubbock; sisters Gwen Walls and Katy Worley, both of Gatesville, Texas; and her children, daughter Jamie Baker and husband Marion, of Canyon Texas, son David Hackney and wife Marie, of Portland, Ore., and daughter Tammy Evans, of Lubbock. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Lake Evans, of Lubbock, Zachary Flores (US Army SGT), of Fort Drum, N.Y., Grayson Hackney, of Austin,Texas,and Sara Jane Hackney, of Portland, Maine; and three wonderfully beautiful great-grandchildren, who she adored tremendously.
The family would like to express their gratitude to those who committed their attention to ensuring her care and comfort during her battle with cancer for the last nine months, specifically to Calvert and the staff who provided homecare and loving attention to her needs; to Joe Arrington Cancer Center and the staff for their support during treatments; and to the Covenant Oncology Nursing staff on E7 who gave her 110% of their attention when she needed it most.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions or gifts be made to the Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center of Lubbock or to Calvert Home Health and Hospice of Lubbock.
