Hazel Snipes Hampton, a dedicated mother, a loving sister, a caring grandmother, and a faithful Christian departed this earth and went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 14, 2020, at Mississippi Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.

Born September 22, 1952, to the late Henry and Maggie Forest from Pinola Mississippi, Hazel was a unique and caring woman of faith who touched the lives of all she came in contact with.

Hazel was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Mary Maggielene Forest; her brothers, Willie Forest, George Earl Forest, James Charles Forest and Robert Lewis Forest; and her sisters, Kattie Lee Newsome and Earline Washington.

Hazel leaves many family members to cherish her memories: her husband, Harold Hampton; her loving son, LT Snipes, Jr. and daughters, Phoebe (Cornelius, Sr.) Williams and Valerie Pittman all of Mendenhall Mississippi; one special niece, Chiquita (Eric) Green of Jackson Mississippi; one brother, Billy Forest of Jackson, Mississippi; three sisters, Rosie Sherman of Jackson, Mississippi, Dorothy Carter of Magee, Mississippi, and Linda Forest of Jackson Mississippi; two brothers-in-law, CM (Jennie) Craft, Sr. and Melvin McDonald; grandchildren, Cornell Lockett,  Courtney McClinton, Cicero Lockett, Bryiesha Lockett, Rodrick Lockett, Peyton Hall, Palas Snipes, King Cornelius Williams, Corneilianna Williams, Cornelius Williams, Jr., Leah Snipes and London Snipes; eight great grandchildren; and two special friends, Ella Pearl Weathersby and Carolyn Hubbard.