Dougherty, Hazel (Estes) - age 91, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Hillcrest Hospice after a lingering battle with Leukemia. She was a Christian and a member of Grace Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by: her parents, James Hederson and Nora Estes; her son, Kenny Wayne Dougherty; sisters, Clara (Sis) Mays and Lillian West; brothers, James and Wib Estes. She is survived by: her husband of 73 years, Everett Dougherty; grandchildren Bernadette Hammond, Matthew Dougherty and Michael Dougherty; great-grandchild Ashton Hammond; there are numerous nieces and nephews. Hazel attended Powell High School and later in life continued her education in Business School. She worked at the Oak Ridge Y-12 in it's early conception, was a church secretary at Grace Baptist, aided her husband when he was Knox Co. Traning Union Director in the training of church workers, and later got her LPN degree in nursing, working at Baptist Hospital. Quilting was an avid hobby. Hazel and Everett developed an intense interest in Daylillies as they grew older, organizing the Hemerocallis (Daylily) Society in Knoxville. Hazel hybridized and named 8 cultivars. In 1995 she won the President's Cup Award for her daylily, "Autumn Wood". Hazel finished her first book, The Good Part, when she was age 89 although she was nearly blinded by shingles and suffering from Leukemia. Everett would like to thank the following friends and family who have been so loving and supportive during this lingering illness, Georgette and Jeff Henegar, Jim and Star Cooper (neighbor), Wayne and Laura Smith, Laura Riester, Bonnie Herrell, Jack and BB Collins, Larry and Pat Price, her compassionate deacon Tony Vandergriff, Mark Braddom and friends at Grace Baptist Church, Peter Shea, and nieces and nephews.
