Jon "Coach" Hazelip

November 2, 1939 - March 4, 2019

“Coach” Jon Lawrence Hazelip, 79, was officially pronounced in heaven at 8:06PM March 4, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee, surrounded by his family. Jon was born November 2, 1939 to Lawrence and Barbara Hazelip in Youngstown, Ohio. Jon was married to the love of his life, Carolyn Weaver Hazelip, for 60 years. He loved his career coaching basketball at Georgia Christian High School in Dasher, Georgia and Alabama Christian College in Montgomery, Alabama. However, even more, he loved being a servant of God leading as many people to Christ as he possibly could. Jon was a deep man of prayer and worked tirelessly to build strong marriages in his marriage seminars. Jon touched many lives as a coach, preacher, teacher, mentor, leader, husband, father, grandfather, servant and friend. He will be greatly missed by his wife, Carolyn Hazelip, his four children Teri Bradley of Charlotte, NC, Rick Hazelip of Pensacola, FL, Barbie Lanier of Nashville, TN, and Thom Hazelip of Nashville, TN. He also had 13 grandchildren, Charles, Mason Bryce, Jonathan, Jennifer, Michael, Travis, Austin, Collin, Anabelle, Carey-Mae, Hamilton and Ricky, and many, many friends, former players and loved ones from across the United States and China. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence & Barbara Hazelip, his in-laws, Byron & Mary Weaver, and his brother Don Hazelip. A celebration of life service is planned on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at 3:00PM at the Greater Nashville Church in Nashville, TN. The address is 3646 Murfreesboro Pike, Antioch, TN, 37013. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to either: Front Porch Ministry in Nashville, www.frontporch.house or SIM Sports Friends Ministry, www.sports-friends.org