FORT WORTH – Hattie Belle Creel Neely, 90, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2026. Graveside: 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at Mount Olivet Cemetery.. She was born on May 25, 1935 at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas to Myrtle Jewel Kirby Creel and Horace Creel. Her marriage to Thomas Lynn Neely on August 28, 1953 was officiated by Pastor Merle Winters at First Baptist Church in Fort Worth. She faithfully attended Castleberry Baptist Church most of her life and will be best remembered for sending “Get Well” cards to her fellow members of Castleberry Baptist who were on the prayer list each week. In her free time when she was younger, she loved to sew clothes for herself, children and grandchildren, and in more recent years, she loved to crochet. If she were still with us, she would tell you that some of the most unforgettable moments of her life were having three healthy daughters and two grandsons. Hattie was very proud of the fact that she gave blood regularly during the years when she worked as a secretary at Lockheed. She loved spending time with her lifelong group of friends from First Baptist Church Fort Worth. They were known as “The Gang” and over the decades, they gathered together regularly with their children, then grandchildren and eventually, great-grandchildren. She went to college late in life, receiving her Bachelors in Business Administration from Texas Wesleyan at age 55. She also spent many years participating in activities at the White Settlement Senior Center, serving as Secretary and President and playing in the Ukulele Band. She was predeceased by Thomas Lynn Neely, her husband of 37 years; and daughter, Sandra Gail Neely who died at the age of 17. She is survived by her siblings, Mary Ann Creel and Horace William Creel and his wife, Carole Creel; daughters, Dorothy Kay Neely Collins and Nancy Lynn Neely Loven and her husband, John Paul Loven, Sr.; grandsons, John Paul Loven, Jr. and wife, Jessica Loven and Thomas Lynn Loven; and her good friend, Ted Byers who has helped her so much over the years. MOUNT OLIVET CHAPEL Greenwood Funeral Homes – Cremation 2301 N. Sylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76111 817-831-0511

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