~Olevia Haynes~

 HALLETTSVILLE: Olevia Haynes, 79, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2025. She was born May 6, 1945 in Shiner to Van and Julie (Clark) Murphy.

“Dolly” as most people knew her, was a loving, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Survivors are her husband of 57 years, Ernest Haynes; daughters, Elaine Haynes and Evette Haynes; sons, Charles Haynes, Perry Haynes (Crystal) and Ernest Haynes Jr.; 30 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren; sisters, Diane Murphy, Mary Ann Steamer and Kizzie Maloy brothers, Robert Lee Murphy, Robert Murphy, Samuel Murphy and Steve Murphy.

Preceded in death by her parents; son, Terry Haynes; sisters, Selena Murphy and Patricia Murphy; brother, Van Murphy Jr.

Funeral Service 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at Thiele Cooper Funeral Home with Pastor Dwayne Arkadie officiating. Burial to follow at Bluebonnet Cemetery in Shiner.

Arrangements entrusted to Thiele-Cooper Funeral Home, 361-293-5656.

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