A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, February 20, 2023 in Parkhill Cemetery with Reverend Thad Haygood of St. Luke United United Methodist Church presiding. A visitation for family and friends will be from 1:00 p.m. until 1:45 pm at the funeral home.
Mrs. Hassell, daughter of the late Rev. William Manning Cox and Fannie May Duskin Cox, was born March 31, 1915 in Evergreen, Alabama. Elizabeth lived in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, for many years with her parents and her sister, Frances. Elizabeth and her beloved husband, Joe, met in DeFuniak Springs. They were “childhood sweethearts” and shared the same March 31st birthday. At the time of Joe’s passing in January 2006, the two had been married 66 years.
Elizabeth graduated from both Andrew College and Huntingdon College. After she and Joe married in 1939, they lived in Atlanta, Georgia, and in Hickory, North Carolina, before settling in Columbus, Georgia. In 1957, they joined St. Luke Methodist Church, and the Shaw Sunday School Class, where Elizabeth and Joe worked with Meals on Wheels for a number of years. Elizabeth also was a member of Circle Six at the church. The family thanks members of Circle Six for the continuing supportive cards they sent to Elizabeth after she moved to Atlanta.
Mrs. Hassell is pre-deceased by her husband, Joseph E. Hassell, of Columbus, Georgia; her sister, Frances M. Cox, of Atlanta, Georgia; her son, Rev. Joe Hassell, of Thomaston, Georgia; and her grandson-in-law, Joey Maddox, of Hamilton, Georgia.
She is survived by daughter Julie Hassell (Anne Rector) of Atlanta, Georgia; daughter-in-law Paula Hassell and family, of Thomaston, Georgia; granddaughter Elissa Maddox of Columbus, Georgia; grandson Jed (Leeann) Hassell of Mill Valley, California; great-grandchildren Berkley, Tyler, and Madison Maddox, of Columbus, Georgia; and great-granddaughters Holley and Clara Hassell, of Mill Valley, California. Elizabeth is also survived by her friend, Katherine Ysseldyke, of Atlanta, Georgia. Other surviving relatives include the families of Bill Rodgers, Dick Rodgers, Margaret Jones Winton (and Margaret’s daughter, Darby Ann Elsberry), Carl Cox, Jr. (and Carl’s daughter, Carla Cox Knight), Madelyn Buras, Bill Ed Cox, and Mary Louise Young.
The family is grateful for the loving care provided for many years to Mrs. Hassell by the caregivers of Budd Terrace, the Personal Care facility of Wesley Woods Towers, and Crossroads Hospice, in Atlanta, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to St. Luke United Methodist Church Music Department, 1104 2nd Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31901.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.shcolumbus.com for the Hassell family.
