Joreen Hayes Bozeman of Garland, Christian educator and conference leader, died May 13. She was 90. She was born March 5, 1931, in Manning to David Franklin Hayes and Zula McGaughey Hayes, the eighth of 10 children. She married Karl Bozeman on Aug. 18, 1951, and served alongside him in ministry for decades. She was a kindergarten teacher seven years and taught preschoolers more than 30 years. She worked as the director of childhood education on a church staff and was a preschool curriculum writer for the Baptist Sunday School Board. She led training conferences in 38 states and taught leadership conferences at Glorieta Baptist Assembly and Ridgecrest Conference Center many summers. In later years, she taught senior adults, and in her final years, she played hymns on the piano for residents at the assisted living center where she and her husband lived. The Women’s Auxiliary Board at Dallas Baptist University, on which she served about 15 years, presented her the Ruth Award in 2008. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Karl; daughter Karen Gray and husband Gary of Pine Bluff, Ark.; daughter Brenda Hass and husband Artie of Garland; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mary Still of Lufkin.
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