Candice Brianne Hassell, 19, of Spiro, passed away Friday, April 19, 2002, in Muskogee. She was born Nov. 15, 1982 at Fort Smith to Mark and Brenda (Hilbern) Hassell. She was a student at CASC in Poteau. She was secretary of Student Government Association of CASC, Bacchus Provisional Member of Phi Beta Kappa, writer for Viking Banner and Intermemeral Sports Photographer.
Survivors include her parents, of Spiro; one brother, David Wayne Hassell of Spiro; aunts and uncles, Larry Hilbern and wife Rita, Rada Dotson and husband Joe, Sheila Pulice and Linda Remer; 12 cousins, Crystal Hilbern, Angelia Mizell, Julie, Kimberly Black, Stephanie Dotson, Chris Dotson, Cassondra Pulice, Jennifer Pulice, Luigi Pulice, Carly, Grace and Maggie Remer; and her maternal grandmother, Betty Hilbern of Talihina.
