Alta LaDell Hutto

1929-2020: Alta LaDell Fite Hutto was born in Hobart, Oklahoma June 9, 1929, to Birdie Beth Busby Fite and Marion Francis Fite.  She departed this life on earth and arrived at her forever Heavenly home on December 14, 2020, at the age of 91. The family has decided to have a private graveside memorial service in Bovina, TX, on December 19 at 11:00 am, with members of the family officiating and doing the music.Everyone who knew her loved her.  She had high standards of living and loved her sweet Jesus and read her bible and prayed for anyone who did or didn’t have a need.  When she was growing up, she was taught how important it was to help others and to love one another and care about what happens to others. Her daddy always taught all the kids how important it was to keep your word to others and do what you told them you would do. She was taught to treat others as she wanted to be treated.  That was very important to her, and she instilled that in us kids as we were growing up. She was also taught that you should never lie. She lived her life that way too.She loved music and had an ear for learning to play the piano, harmonica, and accordion. She loved singing so sang a lot.  She entertained us at our family gatherings by playing the harmonica while James and Robby would play their guitars. We have such sweet memories of her.She met the love of her life, Eddie Ray Hutto, at the skating rink at the age of 16 and fell in love with his dark curly hair and the fact that he was so handsome and fun to be with.  They married on August 29, 1946, in Muleshoe, Texas. Their favorite song was “You Are My Sunshine,” and they used to sing it to each other while dating. We would always sing that song at family gatherings and to momma while she was ill.  She believed that when you are married, you should be true to each other and not hide things from each other so you could keep your love strong.Her dream in life was to get married and have a family, and that they did. They had five girls and a boy.  Not having a lot of money, she would grow a garden and can as many fruits and vegetables as she could each summer, plus sew our clothes, fix five little heads of hair each day and iron, and do numerous other chores.  She would cook three meals per day for her family of eight.  I am sure she was exhausted each day when she went to bed at night.  Raising a family is hard, but she always did her best, and the outcome paid off many times over.She loved her family so much, and she was so easy to love because of her caring nature.  The grandkids and great-grandkids had such a special place in her heart. We feel so blessed to have had such a precious mother and grandmother to love and care for us.  Thank you, Jesus, for that.She had so many friends, and some we called our adopted family. Martha and Jack Adams, Kay Venable, and Bob Sparks were always there with us when we would celebrate family events.She is preceded in death by her parents,  husband, Eddie Ray, a daughter, Beth Waddell, a grandson, Blake Rundell, a granddaughter, Nancy Wilhite, a great-granddaughter, Alexis Burnett, 3 brothers, and 5 sisters.She is survived by 4 daughters: Roxanne Burnett and husband Horace, a son-in-law, Don Waddell, Twyla Lusk and husband Terry, Nancy Ormon and husband Tommy, Tammy Long, and a son Eddie Ray Jr. (Buddy) and wife Tammy. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren, and one brother, Marion Fite.We would especially like to thank all the caregivers at Crownpoint and Windmill Village and the nurses from Interim Hospice. Thank you for all the prayers and concerns on our behalf. Thank you, Michelle and Christina, for the time you spent facetiming with us so we could see mom.