Hazel Waters Meserve

Hazel Ann Waters Meserve,86 passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. A memorial service is being planned and will take place at a later date.

Mrs. Meserve was born December 6th, 1939, in Florence, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Lucielle Bedingfield Waters and the late Dr. Charles Maynand Waters, Sr. She graduated from McClenaghan High School in 1958 & attended Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C. While living in Lamar for a short time, she began working at NyTronics and later on as a secretary for the Lamar School System. She then moved to Darlington for awhile and was named Chairman For The Darlington Community Breath Of Life Campaign (Cystic Fibrosis) and was twice named for the SC Association of Special Citizens for Darlington County. She also volunteered with the American Cancer Society and American Heart Fund Drives. In October 1976, she moved to Florence and started working with Belk Department Store. During her time there she received many sales awards and retired after 26 years. Hazel was a member of First Baptist Church of Florence and also a member of The Fifty-Year Club. While attending Ebenezer Baptist Church, she was a member of The Red Hat Society, and she made her debut at the 1958 Tarantella Ball in Florence. She was an enormous Gamecocks fan, enjoyed working in the yard, working out, and the company of people.

Hazel leaves behind her children: Melinda (Tony) Hensley and David (Tamra) Meserve. Her step-grandson Tray (Michelle) Bryant, and step great- grandchildren: Silas, Luna, and Atticus. As well as her half-sister Rosalind Waters Groseclose.

Preceding her in death are her parents, son Patrick Meserve and sister Debra Waters Lendrim.