Funeral services for Hazel S Samples, 79, of St. Joseph, LA will be held December 6, 2014 at 11:00am from New China Grove Baptist Church in St. Joseph. Burial will follow at the church cemetery with Rev. Isaac Ross officiating.

Mrs. Samples, daughter of Alex and Alice Parker Sheppard, was born in St. Joseph and died at the Plantation Manor Nursing and Rehab in Winnsboro, LA. She was retired from United Airlines in Chicago, IL.

She is survived by one son, Galyn Sheppard of Atlanta, GA; one sister, Mayola S. Wiley; niece, Sandra Fisher both of St. Joseph; other nieces. nephews and cousins.