QUINCY ALAN HAZLEWOOD 90, of
Paris, died at 10:15 PM, Saturday, January 26, 2008 at
Paris Regional Medical Center. A funeral service has been set for 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 in the chapel of Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home with Rev. Van Lazaroff officiating. Burial will follow in
Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 PM prior to the service on Tuesday. Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Hazlewood was born April 14, 1917 in
Fort Towson, Oklahoma to Columbus Clayton and Lela Abigail Merriott Hazlewood. He graduated from
Paris High School and
Paris Junior College. Mr. Hazlewood married Zoe Huddle on November 30, 1940 in
Durant, Oklahoma. He was a member of the
First United Methodist Church and it’s Couples Sunday School Class.
Mr. Hazlewood served in the US Army for 20 years retiring as a Captain. He served during World War II in the Army, 36th Infantry Division,
Battery A, 132nd Field Artillery.
Mr. Hazlewood was a lifetime member of the Military Order of Purple Heart, Chapter 612; Disabled American Veterans; National Association of Uniformed Services; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Sons of Confederate Veterans; and the 36th Division US Army Association.
After his retirement from the military, Mr. Hazlewood was a postal worker and worked for several years for Mr. Cotton McDowell and Biard Oil Company enjoying the many friends he came in contact with at the Phillips gas station on
Lamar Avenue.
Mr. Hazlewood is survived by his wife, Zoe Huddle Hazlewood of Paris; two sons, John Quincy Hazlewood of Paris and William
Roy Hazlewood and wife, Patti of
Dallas; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister.
Pallbearers will be William Roy Hazlewood, Clay Hazlewood, Brian Alan Hazlewood, J.C. Howell, Burt Cain, Bob Groves, and Jerome Chapman.
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