Mrs. Hazel Scott Howard Bennett

July 12, 1932 - May 27, 2018

Mrs. Hazel Scott Howard Bennett, age 86, passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2018, at Pruitt Health Durham. Mrs. Bennett was born on July 12, 1932 in Reidsville, N.C. Mrs. Bennett lived a life and left a legacy of service. She retired from Methodist Retirement Home, where she worked in environmental services. Mrs. Bennett provided service and comfort to the many residents of the facility. She was beloved by all for having such a caring heart. As a child, she helped to care for her younger siblings, raised her own nine children, four grandchildren, and cared for countless more people and youth around her. She also cared for her husband in his last days after he became ill. Mrs. Bennett enjoyed traveling, in which she traveled throughout the nation and Canada. She also enjoyed friendly card games with family, Sunday dinners, and caring for others in need. Mrs. Bennett is predeceased by her husband, JC Bennett, daughter Sharin, her sons, Nelson, Ronnie and Harvey. Her survivors include sons, Donnie Lee, Kenny Howard, Adrian Howard and Daryl Howard; daughters, Yvonne Watson, Brenda Ann Cobbs, and step-daughter Roxanne Lynch; brothers, George Lee of Baltimore, M.D. and Harold Lee; sisters, Silvia Lee and Rose Fergerson, and countless grandchildren, great grandchildren, and a few great, great grandchildren. Services will take place at Bell Yeager Freewill Baptist Church, 128 E. Cornwallis Rd., Durham, N.C., at 2:00 p.m., with a family visitation one hour prior to the service.