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Hazeleen Grimes

Hazeleen Grimes

On the banks of Reelfoot Lake, Feb. 28, 1933, Mattie Hazeleen Burton was born in a one-bedroom cabin to Isaac Wicks Tidwell Burton “Tid” and Ola Myrtle (Edwards) Burton. She was the youngest of seven children, Thelma, Jess Willard “Billy,” Josephine “Josie,” Zella, Ethyl, Frank Harold and Hazeleen. Hazeleen, or “Hazy” as she said some…

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Hazeleen Grimes

Mattie Hazeleen Burton “Hazy” Grimes, 89, of Union City died Sept. 2, 2022, at her home. Graveside services were to be conducted at 9 a.m. today at Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak. Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.   Published in The Messenger 9.6.22

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