DATE: Monday, June 23, 1997                 TAG: 9706230011

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   27 lines

HAZEL S. WILLIAMS

Hazel S. Williams, 82, of the 400 block of Douglas Ave., died June 21, 1997, in a local nursing home.

Born in Mapleton, N.C. and the widow of Raymond L. Williams, she was a retired bookkeeper for W.T. Grant Dept. Store at Mid City Shopping Center. She was also a member of Western Branch Baptist Church, the Miriam Class of the church, and the Beazley Senior Citizens Center.

Survivors include a daughter, Nell S. Ferrell and her husband, Tommy, of Elm City, N.C.; a son, Robert Stephenson of Portsmouth; two brothers, Richard W. Stephenson Sr. and his wife, Thelma B. of Portsmouth, Hoard Stephenson and his wife, Maiborne of Emporia, Va.; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, by the Rev. Evan A. Smith. Burial will be in Ahoskie Cemetery, Ahoskie, N.C. at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and also at 149 Monitor Road, Portsmouth at all other times.

Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be made to American Cancer Society, 2715 Ellsmere St., Norfolk, Va. 23513. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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