Hazel M. Cotton

Hazel M. Cotton CHARLESTON - The relatives and friends of Hazel Ruth Meyers Cotton, widow of William W. Cotton, Sr. are invited to attend her Funeral Service at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at the Graveside, Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Monday evening between 6:00 and 8:00 PM at the James A. McAlister Funeral Home, 1620 Savannah Hwy. She was born in Charleston on Thursday, October 28, 1920, a daughter of John C. and Azalea Seyle Meyers. Hazel grew up in the Charleston Orphanage and graduated from Memminger High School. Hazel was married for fifty-eight years to her husband, Bill, until his death in 2001. She was known for her warm spirit as well as her delicious southern cooking. Hazel is being celebrated as an adoring wife, mother and grandmother. She treasured the time she had with her children and grandchildren, often passing down the Charleston traditions that she valued. Hazel is survived by her daughter, Nancy C. Turner; two grandchildren, Dennis R. Turner II and his wife, Paige, and William W. Cotton III; two brothers, John C. Meyers, Jr. and Herman F. Meyers; her sister, Irma Lee M. Harper and one great-grandchild, Riley W. Turner. She was predeceased by a son, William W. Cotton, Jr. Memorial contributions may be made to either The Church of the Good Shepherd, 1393 Miles Dr. Charleston, SC 29407 or to Hospice of Charleston Foundation, 676 Wando Park Blvd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464. Her Guestbook may be signed at www.jamesamcalister.com. Arrangements by JAMES A. MCALISTER Funerals & Cremation. 766-1365. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/ deaths