Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameHazel SOUTHARD 3, Hazel Southard Smith
Birthbef Feb 25, 1931, Rockingham County, North Carolina3, Hazel Southard Smith
DeathFeb 25, 2009, Rockingham County, North Carolina3, Hazel Southard Smith
BurialReidlawn Cemetery, 1530 Barnes Street, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina3, Hazel Southard Smith
Obituary Online notes for Hazel SOUTHARD
2/27/2009

Hazel Southard Smith
    REIDSVILLE — Hazel Southard Smith, 78, formerly of 127 Cortez Lane, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Morehead Nursing Center.
    Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2009, at Wilkerson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dave Gilbert and the Rev. Kenneth Boaz officiating. The pallbearers will be Joe Tilley, Bryan Smith, James DeLancey, Rick Clark, Larry Boaz and Tommy Boaz. The interment will follow in Reidlawn Cemetery.
    Mrs. Smith was born in Rockingham County to the late John Willie and Mattie Scott Southard. She was retired from Chase Bag Company and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Deborah Carol Smith; her sisters, Ruby Neal, Evelyn Wall, Mozelle Holland, and Viola Carroll; and her brother, Grady Franklin Southard.
    She is survived by her daughter, Kay Smith Simpson and husband, Nathan of Reidsville; her son, William C. "Corkey" Smith and wife, Wanda of Reidsville; her grandchildren, Suzanne Simpson, Bryan Smith and wife, Kelli, Amy De-Lancey and husband, James, Corey Manley and Lisa Zimmerman; four great-grandchildren; her sister, Dorothy Boaz of Reidsville and several nieces and nephews. The family would also like to acknowledge her longtime caregivers for their faithful and caring service, Marie Scales and Pam Millner.
    The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, February 27 at Wilkerson Funeral Home and at other times at the residence.
    Memorial contributions may be made to Bethlehem Christian Church Scholarship Fund, 3003 Altamahaw Racetrack Road, Elon, N.C. 27244 or Carolina Piedmont Chapter Alzheimer’s Association, 3420 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, N.C. 28215.
    Condolences may be sent to the family at
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