Hazel Lee Carlton

Hazel Lee Carlton, 92, of Summerville passed from this life on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. Hazel was born, the last of six children, to the late George Thomas Hatch Jr. and Ethel Ruby Gornto Hatch on September 20, 1934, in Hatch Bend, Florida. She was a 1952 graduate of Suwanee High School in Live Oak, Florida. Hazel married the late Marshall Quinton Carlton on December 6, 1951, and they were married for 58 years when he died in 2009. During their marriage, Hazel joined her husband Marshall as he served his country in the United States Navy at various posts from Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, and eventually Charleston, SC. She worked as a sales consultant in department stores and as a kindergarten teacher and also participated in clubs and civic activities at their posts or in their communities and church. Hazel and Marshall raised two surviving children, Marsha Denise Carlton, of North Charleston, and Keith Glenn Carlton (Yvonna), of Summerville. In addition, she spent much of her life helping raise various children in the communities she lived in by providing childcare for them. She treated each of them like her own and was called Mama Hazel by many. Hazel was a member of Summerville Baptist Church for over 50 years, setting an example for her children and grandchildren with her love for the Lord. Hazel spoke often of her faith and her confidence in the God who loved her. She loved her family fiercely and showed grit and grace throughout her life. Hazel loved to travel with her husband Marshall. She also loved to garden and was an expert at cultivating roses. She enjoyed sewing, thrift stores, and chocolate, especially Snickers. Hazel was preceded by her husband and parents, as well as her siblings, Mabry Dewault Hatch, Leslie Sylvester Hatch, Herbert Huston Hatch, Norma Alice Hatch Lindeman, and Ina Ruby Hatch Bagley. In addition to her children who survive her, she is survived by three grandchildren, Heather Carlton Teubner (Darrell) of Bolivar, TN; Christina Torres of Summerville, and Adam Carlton (Melissa) of Summerville, and nine great-grandchildren, Jacob (Harlie), Shelby and Ian Pulse; Penelope, Tapanga, and Wilamena Martinez; Oliver and Harper Carlton, and Henry Teubner. Funeral services will be held Monday, October 7, 2024, at 11:00am at Dorchester Memory Gardens Oakbrook Chapel, 11000 Dorchester Road, Summerville, SC 29485. A visitation will be from 10am to 11am. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Summerville Baptist Church Children’s Ministry - 417 Central Avenue, Summerville, SC 29483.

Hazel Lee Carlton

September 20, 1932 - October 2, 2024