Obituary of Hazel Lela Partee
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Obituary of Hazel Partee
Educator and long time resident, age 91, departed this life Mar. 6, 2011 in Dallas, TX. Born May 27, 1919 in Calvert, TX, the daughter of Annie Bell and Charlie Washington and sister of Charlie (Davis/Payton), she married local educator Cecil James Partee in 1943. Dr. Partee attended B.T. Washington High School in Dallas; and received degrees from Bishop College (bachelor's), North Texas State U. (master's) and Nova University (doctorate). She was a life-long member of Salem Institutional Baptist Church. She taught at schools in Grand Prairie and Wilmer Hutchins, and retired in 1990 from Dallas Independent School District. She was the first African American female principal of a predominantly white school in Dallas (Nathan Adams Elementary School), and principal of the then largest elementary school in Dallas (William Brown Miller). Community and volunteer activities included serving on the boards of the M. F. Bailey Cultural Foundation, African American Museum, Municipal Library, and Metropolitan Y.W.C.A.; and as president of the Dallas Chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and Jack & Jill of America. Preceded in death by her husband and son Cecil Partee, Jr., she is survived by daughters Glenda Partee Bardonille (Harold) and Pamela Lucas; sister-in-law Eva McMillan; grandchildren Kali-Ahset Strayhorn (Robert), Sabrina Bardonille, Lotoya Lucas, Jules and Cecil Partee (III); a host of cousins, nieces and nephews; and great granddaughter Xiomara Strayhorn.
Funeral Service: 11 a.m., Friday, Mar. 11, Salem Institutional Baptist Church, 3918 Crozier St.-Dallas, Texas
Wake: 7:30 – 8:30 p.m., Mar. 10, Black & Clark Funeral Home, 2517 E. Illinois Ave, Dallas, TX.
Interment: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery – Dallas,Texas
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