Rev. Hasey DeShazo Obituary |
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The Crockett Times Alamo, Tennessee Thursday, January 18, 1951 Vol. 18 No. 47 REV. HASEY DeSHAZO Rev. Hasey DeShazo, 58, died Sunday at his home in Raleigh, Tenn. He was forced to retire from the ministry eight years ago when a stroke left him speechless and partially paralyzed. At that time he was serving as pastor of Germantown Methodist Church. He was born near Friendship, the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. L. C. DeShazo. The father, one of four brothers in the ministry, served in the Methodist Church's Central Tennessee Conference for 52 years until his death in 1927. He was a brother of Rev. W. A. DeShazo of Memphis. Services were held Tuesday at Cosmopolitan Funeral Home in Memphis, the Revs. William Slayton Evans, W. C. Aden and Robert Y. Horton officiating. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Graham DeShazo of Raleigh; three daughters, Mrs. Harold McSwain of Dallas, Miss Alystine DeShazo, a student at Lambuth College in Jackson, Tenn.; and Miss Phyllis DeShazo of Raleigh; another brother, Memphis Police Officer, S. T. DeShazo; a sister, Mrs. Alex Vernon of Jackson; a half brother, J. W. DeShazo of Newbern, Tenn.; and a half sister, Mrs. Wiley House of McLemoresville, Tenn. |