Hazel B. Tudor

Hazel Beatrice Brooks Tudor, 88, passed into the Light on October 1, 2015. She was joyfully reunited with the love of her life, Pete, and her beloved granddaughter, Emily Tudor. Hazel was a long time resident of Stony Creek, Va. She was born on Dec. 5, 1926, and raised on a farm in rural Georgia. Hazel decided to become a nurse during WWII and graduated from Georgia Baptist Hospital Cadet Nurse Corps in Sept., 1948. Her R.N. degree took her all over the country and eventually to Fredericksburg, Va., where she met her husband Joe “Pete” Tudor.
She and Pete relocated to Stony Creek and raised two sons, Joe and Jon. She was active in Fort Grove Methodist Church activities, Boy Scouts, Stony Creek Eastern Star Chapter 126, and enjoyed many, many friendships. As a grandmother, she loved spending time with her grandkids, spoiling them as only a grandmother can do.
Hazel was well known as a kind and sweet tempered Southern gentlewoman, an exceptionally caring nurse who leaves a legacy of families of former patients who sing her praises, and a mother who “couldn’t find better sons if she searched the world over.” She loved her family above all.
Hazel leaves behind sons Joe and Jon Tudor, their wives Kathleen and Diana, and grandchildren Sarah Tudor, Betsey Cremin, Amanda Adams and Michael Tudor. She also has three great-grandchildren, Molly and Will Cremin, and Natalie Adams. In addition she leaves her devoted best friends, Patsy and Billy Bradley. She has a large extended family in Georgia, including brother James Brooks, whom she adores, and loves her equally in return. She will be missed.
A viewing will be held Wed., Oct. 7, from 6-8 p.m. at Owen Funeral Home in Jarratt, Va. The graveside services will begin at 11:00 a.m. Thurs., Oct. 8, at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Va
The family would like to thank the staff of the Eugene Bloom Retirement Center of Emporia, Va., for their compassionate and excellent care over the last three years. She always said “They take good care of me.”