The funeral service for Mrs. Hazel Lorene Goforth Dean will be 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 18, at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Ellisville, MS. Visitation is from 11:30 a.m. until the time of the service. A burial service will follow at 3 p.m. in Riverwood Memorial Park in Brookhaven, MS.

Mrs. Dean, 89, of Ellisville, Mississippi, passed into glory to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on July 16, 2023. She was born in Newton County, Mississippi June 26, 1934, to Daisy and Marvin Goforth.

She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, as well as working in the assembly line at the Potter Company in Wesson, Mississippi for many years. She was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Ellisville, Mississippi, where she made many friends. She was a woman of integrity and was well loved and respected by all who knew and loved her.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Erwin Dean; her parents; son, Marcus Joel Dean; and sister, Aylene Conn.

She is survived by her son, Stephen L. Dean; daughter, Debbie Dean White; daughter-in-law, Tania M. Dean; six grandchildren, Jeffery White, Emily White Sparkman, Meghan Dean, Rebecca Dean, Kimberly Dean, Nathaniel Dean; and two great grandchildren. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, and other loving family members and friends.