Memorial service for Lex Hazelwood, 65, Lawton, will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the Big Rock Chapel in Medicine Park with Charles Wright officiating. Mr. Hazelwood died Monday, March 2, 2015, in Lawton. Lex was born June 27, 1949 in Dyess, Arkansas. He lived in a number of places and moved to Lawton as a teenager. He graduated high school in Lawton and after graduation enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Following his discharge he went on the road as a musician playing bass guitar. During his music career he and Phil Sampson played together for 45 years. They began with the band "Boswell and the Bush Pilots" and continued together, often playing as a duet. Recent years saw them playing at Mike's Sports Grill and the Winery of the Wichita's. Lex had also worked for Midwest Distributors and Cecil Lawson Auto Sales in Lawton. He is survived by a sister, Laura Jane Osborne; two nieces, Anna and Alicia; and his former spouse, Marty Hill.