Mrs. Hazel Essie (Dobbins) Sorden

October 8, 1918 - February 29, 2016

Hazel E. Sorden Hazel Essie (Dobbins) Sorden, 97 years old, passed away Mon. Feb. 29, 2016 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Born in Fayetteville, NC on Oct. 8, 1918 to John L. and Fannie (Sinclair) Dobbins, (Step Mother Rebecca (Harrison) Dobbins. Raised and educated in Enfield, NC, widow of John Sorden (1988). Her brothers and sisters were John T. Dobbins, Lenora Dobbins, Maggie (Peggy Wheaton) L. Dobbins, Matthew Dobbins, Charlie Dobbins, Archie Dobbins, James G. Dobbins, Evelyn (Hatchet) Dobbins, Dorothy (Ghee) Dobbins, Albert Hunter (Dobbins) and Pearl Morrison (Dobbins). Her children are Shirley Lorraine Afro-White of Lowell, Cecil Ester Allen of Greensboro, NC, and Evelyn McCall; The late Thomas Dobbins; son-in-law, Kenneth Edwin McCall, Levern Allen, Jr., Robert Duane Koolian, Jerry Mickel; granddaughter-in-law, Darnelle Crystal Kemp and a close friend Jose Antonio Cedeno; her grandchildren Moses Matthew, Emmanuel Timothy McCall, Zebadiah Ezekiel McCall, Angel Keturah McCall, Lexine Naysa, McCall, Mrs. Hazel Nadia Mikle, Ismael Marty Afro, Robert Wayne Kemp, Mrs. Sonia Teas Koolian, Levern Allen, III; great grandchildren, De'Jona Ceneno-McCall, Neziyah Melene Mickle, Isaiah Nathanael Mickle, Hydia Jacine Izula Jones, Tyler Clay Jones, III, Brandy Amar Jones, Elijah Isaiah Kemp, Isaac Wayne Kemp, Malachi Thomas Kemp; Great great grandchild Tyler Clay Jones, IV; and a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral Services Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Bethel AME Church, 75 Grand St. Lowell, MA. Visitation 10 AM to 12 Noon with Services at 12 Noon. Burial on Monday in the Mass. National Cemetery, Bourne, MA. Obituary and Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.faymccabe.com