Funeral services for Buford Hockett will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Visitation will be Friday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian, Missouri. Contributions to Adrian First Baptist Church.
Buford Thomas Hockett, age 88 of Adrian, Missouri died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born July 1, 1926 to George Thomas and Dilly Josephine Jackson Hockett in Bates County, Missouri.
Buford is survived by his son, Harlan Hockett and wife Susan of Adrian, Missouri; one daughter, Linda Jennings and husband Bob of Butler, Missouri; one brother, Wilmur Hockett of Adrian, Missouri; sister-in-law, Frances Hockett of Raymore, Missouri; five grandchildren, Craig Jennings and wife Robyn, Geri Fagler and husband Jeff, Jonathan Barrett and wife Jennifer, Andy Thomas and companion Molly MacNaughton and Sarah Thomas; seven great-grandchildren, Rylee, Caily, Macy, Will, Nicole and husband Vincent, Bradley and Henry; and one great great-granddaughter, Abby. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Bertha; one daughter, Darlene Hockett; two brothers, Lloyd and Larry; and one sister, Anna Rose Heckadon.
