Obituary of Hazel Lee Sessions

Funeral services for Hazel Lee Sessions, age 79, of Montgomery will be held Saturday, February 26, 2011, at 11:00 am from McGehee Road Baptist Church with Rev. Neal Hughs and Rev. Greg Murks officiating. Graveside services at Wadley City Cemetery in Randolph County will follow at 3:00 pm with Benefield Funeral Home of Wedowee in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Sessions died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at her home. The family will receive friends at the church for one hour prior to services beginning at 10:00 am on Saturday. Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Bobby Joe Sessions of Montgomery, formerly of Wadley, whom she married on February 10, 1951, in Jasper, Alabama; three sons and their families, Robert & Susan Sessions of Millbrook, Mark & Vicky Sessions of The Woodland, Texas; Gregory & Ann Sessions of Wetumpka; 13 grandchildren, Steven, Elizabeth, Matthew, Travis, Brennon, John, Leslie, Gordon, Joey, Brittani, Brittany, Lizzy and Marisa; five great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Steven Sessions, Matthews Sessions, Travis Sessions, John Sessions, Brennon Sessions, Joey Warner and Gordon Sessions. Honorary pallbearers will be Deacons of McGehee Road Baptist Church. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Sessions was born March 20, 1931, daughter of Brennon E. and Ethel Mae (Brooks) Carson. She was a founding member of McGehee Road Baptist Church in Montgomery serving faithfully in many capacities. She was a friend, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who wondrously loved and will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly suggests a memorial gift to Baptist Hospice or Baptist Ministries.