Martha Lou Meyer Hoggard of Gardendale, TX, was welcomed home by her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. She passed peacefully with strength in her faith and surrounded by her family at the Ashton Medical Center in Midland, TX. Martha was born on May 30, 1943 at home in rural Pike County, MO. She was the youngest child of Ferdinand William and Laura Elizabeth Grote Meyer.
Martha attended St. Clement Elementary School and graduated from Bowling Green High School with the Class of 1961. At the age of 71, she fulfilled a lifelong dream of attending college and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Odessa College with a degree in Business with a Medical Emphasis in 2001.
Martha married Johnny P. Hoggard at St. Clement Church on June 6, 1964. To this union, two sons were born: David Lee Hoggard and Paul Baird Hoggard, both of Odessa, TX.
She is survived by her two sons, David (Stephanie) and Paul; two siblings, Vera Smith of Arlington, TX, and Melvin Meyer of Bowling Green, MO; a brother-in-law, Roland (Duke) Orf and a sister-in-law, Delores (Butch) Meyer, both of Bowling Green, MO. Martha was a loving and devoted grandmother to Kendre Hoggard (Greg) of Midland, TX, and Kelsey Hoggard of Saginaw, TX. It was with joy and pride she also welcomed two great-grandchildren into her family: Landry Claire White and Bishop Lee Tomlin of Midland, TX. She was lovingly known as “Aunt Mutzie”, “Aunt Martha”, or “Aunt Texas” by her nieces and nephews who adored her: Brenda (Radford) Smith of Fort Worth, TX; Bill (Janine) Smith of Riverside, CA; Beverly (Mike) Peters of Edina, MO; Peggy (Dennis) ;Briscoe of Williamstown, MO; Nancy (Phil) Stitzer of Columbia, MO; Doug (Brenda) Meyer of Madison, AL; Jeff (Laura) Meyer of Bowling Green, MO; Tammy (Neil) Bagley and Teri (Steve) Weise, all of Columbia, MO; Scott (Ellen) Meyer, Bowling Green, MO; Curt (Christine) Meyer of Troy, MO; Bruce (Stephanie) Meyer; Laura (David) Portwood, Marty (Anita) Orf, all of Bowling Green, MO; Russ (Cindy) Orf of New Hartford, MO; and Tom (Shelly) Orf of Bowling Green, MO. She is also survived by numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews and many cousins.
Martha was preceded in death by her parents, four siblings, two brothers-in-law and one sister-in-law: Cletus Meyer; Clementine Porter and her husband, Don; Mary Margaret Orf; Arthur Meyer; Lorraine (Bee) Meyer; and Wm. A. (Bill) Smith. She also mourned the loss of an infant grandson, John Maikell Hoggard, and two great-nephews, Traver Smith and Cameron Bagley.
Ms. Hoggard was employed by neurosurgeon Dr. Rudolph Cartwright as his surgery coordinator for eleven years until his retirement. She was a founding member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church and served as the first secretary to Fr. Bridges in Odessa for eleven years. She retired in 2019 after serving as a bookkeeper for the Greater Gardendale Water Supply District for 11 ½ years.
She loved to travel and fell one state short (Hawaii) of accomplishing her goal of visiting all fifty states in her lifetime. She was a frequent and faithful traveler back to her roots she lovingly called “home” in the Bowling Green/St. Clement, MO, area in spite of the fact that she lived in West Texas the majority of her life. Martha rarely missed an opportunity to celebrate major family events, regardless of the location, and unselfishly provided support, encouragement and her presence to her nieces and nephews and their families in numerous life events, but especially as her siblings, Clementine, Mary Margaret, and Art were facing end-of-life situations.
Ask any football fan – anywhere - what MOJO is and they will likely know about Permian football. She was a loyal fan and supporter of the Permian High School Panthers and held season tickets for Panther football games for many years. Her love of football extended to several college teams as well as the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs.
Her sons, David and Paul, were a great source of pride for her and she was a loving and devoted mother throughout her life, supporting their life choices, taking them to rock concerts, making “Texas-style” homecoming corsages for their girlfriends and being actively involved in whatever activity/sport they were interested in at the time. Through the years, her home was often filled with many of David’s and Paul’s friends who thought of Martha as their second mother.
Prayer warriors know that no matter how hopeless a situation may appear to us, God gives us power in prayer to do something about it. Martha was grateful and deeply appreciative of the hundreds of prayer warriors who joined together to lift her in prayer after receiving a cancer diagnosis. She especially treasured the many phone calls and visits from family members and friends during her final months and for those who provided special care to her.
Funeral services are under the direction of the Frank Wilson Funeral Home, 4635 Oakwood Dr, Odessa, TX. A Requiem Mass will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 7601 N. Grandview Ave., Odessa, TX on Friday, March 10, 2023 with Fr. Joseph Barbieri officiating. Burial of ashes will immediately follow the Mass. Visitation will begin 45 minutes before Mass begins.
Suggested memorials may be made in Martha Hoggard’s memory to the Flower Fund at St. Elizabeth’s Church or to a charity of the giver’s choice.
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