The late State Rep. Hazel Plant is being remembered today.
Hazel Plant, the State Representative from Wilmington who died November 24th, is being remembered today.
Mrs. Plant was a state lawmaker starting nearly a decade ago when her husband, Al O. Plant, passed away. She sought re-election this year but lost to Wilmington City Council member Stephanie T. Boulden in the September Democratic primary. The day before Thanksgiving, Hazel Plant died at the age of 76. Her funeral is today (Friday Dec. 3rd) at 10:00 a.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 2200 N. Claymont St., Wilmington
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