Mrs. Hazel Samples Stephens, of Fayetteville, passed from this life on Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the age of 88. Visitation will be at Jernigan-Warren Funeral Home in Fayetteville from 7 to 9 tonight, July 18, 2007, and the funeral will be Thursday, July 19, 2007, at 3 p.m. in Jernigan-Warren chapel. The burial will follow at Cross Creek Cemetery. Hazel was born in West Virginia on May 7, 1919, to Amos and Vanna Samples. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Herman E. Stephens of Fayetteville, a World War II prisoner of war; her parents; and her brother, Harry Samples of Cross Lanes, W.Va. She is survived by two sons, Steve Stephens of Victoria, Texas, and Jerry Stephens of Fort Worth, Texas; two daughters, Ann Stephens Harris of Fayetteville and Jeanne Jones of Raeford; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a brother, Frank Samples of Marysville, Mich.; a sister, Betty Pauley of Mason, W.Va.; and an uncle, Russell Paxton of Cross Lanes. She is also survived by first and second cousins too numerous to list and scattered throughout the United States. During her life, Hazel loved life and people to the fullest. Throughout many of her years, she volunteered much of her time and energy to various nonprofit agencies and charities, including the March of Dimes, veterans