Stephen Lee de Shazo

Funeral services for Stephen Lee de Shazo, 60, of Washington were held Saturday, March 15, 2008, at Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel, Tuscaloosa, Ala., with Dr. Kenneth Dunnivant of Tuscaloosa First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. He died Tuesday, March 11, in Foley, Ala.

Mr. de Shazo was a native of Jackson, Ala., and was the son of Mrs. William F. de Shazo and the late Dr. William F. de Shazo. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama, holding both bachelor's and master's degrees. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and remained an active and enthusiastic alumnus. He was a member of the Washington Kiwanis Club and was the owner of the Washington Jockey Club. Deeply involved in local civic affairs, he was the founder of the Washington-Wilkes Foundation for Music and the Arts and was organizer of the annual Art and Music Festivals that are now so much a part of Washington's spring and fall. He was a sports car enthusiast and member of the Austin-Healey Club of Atlanta and the Memory Lane Cruisers of Washington. He was also a charter member of the Washington Civil War Roundtable.

Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife, Deborah Talley de Shazo of Washington; three children, Richard Britton de Shazo of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Carter Lee de Shazo of Auburn, Ala., and Stephen Coleman de Shazo of Washington; three brothers, David Coleman de Shazo of Tuscaloosa, John Godbold de Shazo of Pratt- ville, Ala., and Dr. William F. de Shazo IV of Birmingham, Ala.

Pallbearers were classmates from the Jackson High School Class of 1966.

Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel of Tuscaloosa was in charge of arrangements.
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