Monroe Evening News Monroe MI 5/25/98 Hazel V. Cosby Aug. 18, 1915-May 23, 1998 Hazel V. Cosby, 82, of Monroe died at 4:45 p.m. Saturday in Beach Nursing Home. She had been in poor health for a year and seriously ill for the last 10 days. Friends may call from 6 to 9 tonight and from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Rupp Funeral Home, where funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Damon Patterson of Monroe Missionary Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle. Born Aug. 18, 1915 in Bluefield, W.Va., she was the daughter of Alden and Virginia (Jessee) Kelly. She married Roy Cosby on July 11, 1930, in Claiborne County, Tenn. He died Dec. 7, 1995. A homemaker, she came to Monroe in 1938 and was a member of Monroe Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Roy L. of Monroe; two daughters, Mildred Bert and Mrs. James (Lorean) Ellison, both of Monroe; two brothers, Lawrence of Dandridge, Tenn., and Clayton of Castalia, Ohio; a sister, Geneva Shoffner of Monroe; four grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, three sisters and a grandson. Memorials may be made to Monroe Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund.