Hazel R. PHILLIPS

Cyrus H.
1909-1981

Hazel R.
1911-2003

Married 8-22-31

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*Obituary
FRITCH - Funeral services for Cy Cozart, 72, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kim Poole, pastor, officiating.

Masonic graveside rites will be by Billy Dixon Masonic Lodge No. 1369. Burial will be in Westlawn Park Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.

Mr. Cozart died at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in North Plains Hospital.

Mr. Cozart was born in Smithfield, W.Va. He married Hazel Larson in 1931 in Greeley, Colo. They moved to Fritch in 1962 from Model, Colo. He worked for Colorado Interstate Gas Co. for 45 years. He was the plant superintendent at the Sanford Station when he retired in 1972. He was a charter member of the Fritch Kiwanis Club, and a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 95 in Pueblo, Colo., the First Christian Church of Pueblo and the Eastern Star No. 34 in Pueblo.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Wayne of Denver, Hugh of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Cy Jr. of Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Darlene Hamlin of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Sharon Nathans of Houston; three brothers, Harold of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Willard of Mason, Mich., and Allen of Suffield, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Bernice Syphers of Bristol, Conn. and Mrs. Olive Solomon of Tucson, Ariz.; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Pat Crawford, Raymond Howell, Paul Walker, Don Webb, Bill Shelly, and Frank Lakner. Honorary pallbearers will be Tuffy Hill, Fred Riecke, Buster Hodges, and employees of Colorado Int. Gas Co.

(Published in Borger News Herald, December 11, 1981)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Cyrus Herman Cozart
Birth Date: 9 Dec 1909
Birth Place: West Virginia
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Residence: Fritch, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Hazel Rose Larson
Father: George C Cozart
Mother: Samantha Elvira Shreves
Age at Death: 72
Death Date: 9 Dec 1981
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA

*Obituary
Hazel Cozart Phillips, 91, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Westlawn Memorial Park in Borger. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Stephen United Methodist Church in Amarillo with the Rev. Jim Smith, pastor, officiating.

Mrs. Phillips was fondly known to her family and friends as a faithful wife, loving mother, school teacher, published poet, postmaster, community servant and devoted Christian. As if that weren't enough, everyone enjoyed her multiple culinary delights.

Born July 22, 1911, in Starkville, Colo., Hazel went to be with the Lord on Jan. 21 after a fall at 91 years of life.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Cyrus Herman Cozart Sr.; her second husband, Edward Johnson Phillips; and a son, Curtis Wayne Cozart.

Survivors include two daughters, Darlene Hamlin of Seattle and Sharon Nathans of Houston; two sons, Hugh Cozart of Alamosa, Colo., and Cy Cozart Jr. of Dallas; three daughters-in-law; two sons-in-law; 19 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials St. Stephen United Methodist Church Missions Fund, 4600 S. Western St., Amarillo, TX 79109; or Campus Crusade for Christ International, Account No. 0442036, P.O. Box 628222, Orlando, FL 32862-8222; or East West Ministries, Account No. 90068, P.O. Box 701560, Dallas, TX 75370-1560.

The body will be available for viewing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors of Amarillo, 5400 S. Bell St.

(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 24, 2003)

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