79 of Batson, TX died Tuesday May 14, 2013 at Liberty- Dayton Hospital in Liberty. A service of remembrance will be held on Friday May 17, 2013 at 2:00P.M. at First Baptist Church of Batson with Reverend Daniel Harris and Reverend Tolbert Hudspeth officiating. Interment will follow at the Guedry cemetery in Batson. The family will be recieving friends on Thursday May 16, 2013 from 5:00P.M. until 9:00P.M. also at the church. Jeff was born in Batson, Texas on September 5, 1933 to Julius Miles Hart and Johnnie Lea Lambert and had lived in Batson all of his life and was a retired pumper for Texaco in Sour Lake, Texas and was a U.S. Army veteran and also a member of First Baptist Church of Batson. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Lonnie Hart, nephews Robert Dwain Hart, brother -in- laws Bert Hudspeth and Harold Watkins. Survivors are his wife Francis Hart of Batson, sons; Keith Hart and wife Stacy of Batson, Kevin Hart of Beaumont, son - in-law William Roeling of Hull. Daughter Karen Hart Roeling of Hull, brothers; Curtis Hart, Dwain Hart, and Butch Hart all of Batson. Sisters Betty Watkins , Connie Bennett, and Lorice Hudspeth all of Batson. Grandchildren; Victoria Roeling, Billy Odell Roeling II, Cody Odell Roeling, Aaron Keith Hart.
Serving as pallbearers are Billy O. Roeling II, Butch Hart, Scotty Hart, Jeffery Hart, Butch Wade Hart, and Tommy Bennett. Honorary pallbearers are Dennis Hart, Ernie Bennett, Randy Bennett, William O. Roeling, Bates Hobbs, Raymond Hobbs.