Individual Details

Hazel Maxine Collins

(12 Jun 1929 - 27 Aug 2018)

Hazel (Collins) Waddell Hamby 1926-2018
Hazel Maxine Collins Hamby, 89, of Nacogdoches was born June 12, 1929, and raised in the Eden Community of Nacogdoches County. Her father, Sterling Dee Collins, and mother, Bertie Davis, were also from the Eden Community. She passed away August 27, 2018, at her home in Nacogdoches.
Hazel attended Douglas School. After many years Hazel moved to Houston, graduated from Sam Houston High School, and attended St. Joseph's Nursing School to become a Registered Nurse. She later married Henry Legrande Waddell, of Houston. Together they had three children, which she leaves behind, Henry Legrande Jr., Holly Elizabeth, and Hunt Hamilton. Later she returned to the Nacogdoches area rekindling her friendship with E.V. Hamby. They soon married remaining together until E.V.'s passing in 2016.
Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 15, 2018, at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, 5400 North Street in Nacogdoches.
A visitation with reception will be held prior to the funeral beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Cason Monk-Metcalf.
Pallbearers will be Hunt Waddell, Hank Waddell, Adam Bates, Darrell Caldwell, Jeff Wyatt, and Keaton Morgan.
Memorial contributions may be made to Eden Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 22, Douglass, Texas 75943.
Published in Houston Chronicle on Sept. 12, 2018.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=hazel-hamby&pid=190180737

Events

Birth12 Jun 1929Nacogdoches County, Texas
Census (family)-shared18 Apr 1930(Sterling Dee "Bud" Collins and Bertie Mae Davis) Nacogdoches County, Texas
Marriage21 Oct 1949Texas - Henry Legrande Waddell Sr.
Divorce6 Apr 1988Harris County, Texas - Henry Legrande Waddell Sr.
Death27 Aug 2018Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Burial15 Sep 2018Eden Cemetery, Douglass, Nacogdoches County, Texas

Families

SpouseHenry Legrande Waddell Sr. (1927 - 2019)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherSterling Dee "Bud" Collins (1907 - 1933)
MotherBertie Mae Davis (1911 - 1996)
SiblingMyrtle Maurine Collins (1928 - 1928)
SiblingGertrude Louise Collins (1931 - 1934)
SiblingChesley Dee "Chuck" Collins (1933 - 1999)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Sterling B Collins Head Male 23 Texas - Farmer
Bertie M Collins Wife Female 18 Texas
Hozie [Hazel] M Collins Daughter Female 10/12 Texas

Divorce

Henry L Waddell
Event Type: Divorce
Event Date: 06 Apr 1988
Event Place: Harris, Texas, United States
Age: 60
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1949
Birth Year (Estimated): 1928
Spouse's Name: Hazel M Waddell
Spouse's Age: 58
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1930
Number of Children Under Age 18: 3

Endnotes

1. "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V87M-SPH : 1 January 2015), Bertie Mae Davis in entry for Hazel Maxine Collins, 12 Jun 1929; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services..

2. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH8B-G1N : 4 December 2014), Bertie Mae Davis in entry for Collins, 12 Jun 1929; citing , Nacogdoches, Texas, United States, certificate 51042, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,914..

3. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HF2P-GZM : accessed 4 November 2019), Bertie M Collins in household of Sterling B Collins, Precinct 2, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 10B, line 87, family 191, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2379; FHL microfilm 2,342,113..

4. Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2010 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYNR-9TR.

5. Find A Grave Memorial 192631362.