Beverly Jo Sheffield Halt's Obituary
Beverly Jo Sheffield Halt passed away August 19, 2021, after a long journey with Alzheimer’s. She was born October 29, 1933, in Pinehurst, Georgia to Hyman & Cleo Sheffield. Her father was a farmer, a profession he loved. After struggling to make a living in farming, her parents followed Hyman’s brothers to Texas which became Beverly’s home for the rest of her life. She graduated from Corpus Christi High School in 1950 at age 16 and continued her education at Baylor University. She was a double major in education and home economics and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. After graduating from Baylor, she got a job teaching in Dallas ISD. Realizing that teaching was not her calling she trained to be a flight attendant with Braniff Airlines and was part of their April 1954 graduating class. She loved flying but was forced to give up her job when she married in 1958. She had her first daughter, Sheryl, in 1960, and remarried in 1966 to a wonderful man, Jim Halt, who adopted Sheryl. Three years later they had another daughter, Melissa.
Our mother had many talents and interests. She was an excellent cook and gracious hostess. She loved to have people over, and owned and operated a kitchen shop, The Copper Kettle, in the Dallas Quadrangle and later moved it to Arnold Square in North Dallas. She loved to decorate her home for all holidays, including setting her table and wrapping Christmas gifts to the point that they were part of the décor. She grew up with a mother who made everything she wore. She had a wonderful sense of style and was usually the best dressed person in the room. She enjoyed having her birthday so close to Halloween and particularly liked dressing up as a fun, good witch. She had a green thumb, collected baskets and rabbits and was known for her love of The Container Store and all things organization. She enjoyed watching basketball with Dad, especially the Dallas Mavericks and the Baylor Lady Bears. She and Dad were wonderful dancers and were part of a dance club, Tres Jolie, that they enjoyed for many years. They were always the best dancers on the floor. She was involved in the Clipped B’s (Association of Former Braniff Flight Attendants). She most recently worked as a self-employed bookkeeper for many different clients, including Dad.
She was blessed with many friends. One group of friends affectionately called the garage sale group went “garage sale-ing” together once a month for at least 30 years. Many of her most precious possessions came from garage sales and she prided herself in giving carefully chosen gifts purchased from garage sales.
She took great care of her husband, Jim, and her own mother during their journeys with Alzheimer’s.
She is survived by daughter Sheryl Ofria and husband Ed of Richardson, daughter Melissa Youngblood and husband Keith of Richardson, four granddaughters Ashley (33), Maggie (27) and Adrienne (18) Ofria and one grandson Sam Youngblood (18), younger brother Sonny Sheffield, younger sister, Bethena Hunt and many nieces and nephews.
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