Hazel MariePippin

Hazel Marie Pippin, 81, of Greenville passed away June 3, 2011 at Hunt Regional Medical Center.  Services will be held at 10:00 AM Friday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bobby Atkins officiating.  Graveside service will be held at the Dallas/Ft. Worth National Cemetery at 2:00 PM Friday.  Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Thursday at the funeral home.

Born November 24, 1929 in Ronan, Montana, Hazel was the daughter of Henry Lional and Margaret Sophie (Richards) Bennett.  On September 3, 1947, she married Nathaniel Pippin in Yuma, Arizona.  She was a homemaker and a member of Highland Terrace Baptist Church.  

She is survived by her husband of Greenville; son Donald Pippin and wife, Paula of California; daughters Diana Palmera and husband Jose of Boise, Idaho and Gail Fry and husband Ronald of Greenville; sisters Eileen Lancaster and Bertha Young of California and Nancy Dourney of Arizona; and 9 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.