Hazel (Poole) Steele

Hazel Poole Steele, 91, of Cleveland, passed on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.  She was born July 15, 1926, in Davie County to the late Early "Duke" and Ethel Poole.

Hazel worked for the Railroad and the U.S. Postal Service in Washington, DC. She met her husband, the late J.H. "Jim" Steele at the depot in Cleveland. They raised their family and ran their family business, Jim Steele Well Boring, in Cleveland. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and crocheting. She was a member of South River United Methodist Church.

In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Kenny Steele; a sister, Clara Evans, and a brother, Ray Poole.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Derb Steele (Doris), Tim Steele (Renee) and Tina Steele (Monte Solomon); eleven grandchildren; twenty-two great grandchildren; sisters, Helen Cashion, Ruby Harris and Mildred Laney, and a  brother, Clarence Poole.

The Celebration of Life Service will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, September 16, at South River United Methodist Church, Woodleaf, with Pastor A.J. Moore officiating. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the time of service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall following the interment.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: South River United Methodist Church, 2880 South River Church Road, Woodleaf, NC 27054 or Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County, 2347 Simonton Road, Statesville, NC 28677.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Reavis Funeral Home of Statesville.  An online guest registry is available at www.reavisfhstatesville.com.

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