BURGER
Hazel Marie Burger, 89, of White Sulphur Springs, WV, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 14, 2021, at Peyton Hospice House surrounded by her family. Hazel was the last member of her immediate family.
Born in Green Sulphur Springs, WV, on June 28th 1931, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Vernon and Dorothy Farland Fox Reynolds.
She was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church. Hazel graduated from Cosmetology school in Bluefield. Following graduation, she worked as a beautician at the Greenbrier Hotel; she then decided for a career change and became hostess at the O’Neil’s Restaurant; and then she moved on to cook for Bone’s Diner, becoming well known for her signature sandwich, the “Big D”, as well as her homemade pies. While raising her family, she enjoyed gardening and raising flowers and had a great love for animals, which often times, the family would be surprised by a new resident that she took in (animal).
Other than her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lewis Burger; her children, Sherry Lynne Russell, and Thomas Ray Burger; she is also preceded by her siblings, Enos Reynolds and Elizabeth “Betty” Burdette; and son-in-law, William Billy Ewing.
Survivors include her daughter, Sandy Ewing; granddaughter, Tracey Boggs and husband, Denny; grandson, Brandon DePriest and wife, Kelly; great-grandchildren, Micheala Boggs, Nathaniel Boggs, Kayli DePriest, Laney DePriest, and Harlow DePriest; 3 special children, Carolyn Taylor Feury, Catherine Fife Heilig, and Emmett Sullivan.
The family would like to extend a sincere “thank you” to Greenbrier Health Care Nursing Home (Stacey O’Dell and Connor Pyles) and Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, beginning at 1 p.m. at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg, WV, with Pastor Michael Neel officiating. Burial will follow at Allegheny Memorial Park in Low Moor, VA.
Visitation for the public will be held one hour prior at the funeral home.
Please send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs is in charge of arrangements.
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