John Potter Hazzard, IV, 79, of Concord, NC, died Friday, July 18, 2014. Born in Portsmouth, VA on August 18, 1934, he was a son of the late John Potter Hazzard, III and Lois Sykes Hazzard. A graduate of St. James Academy in MD, Mr. Hazzard went on to obtain his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Later he would receive his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina. After practicing law in Georgetown, SC, he served as a Family Court judge. He moved to Concord, NC in the mid 1980's where he remained until his death. He was a communicant of Prince George Episcopal Church in Georgetown, SC and All Saints' Episcopal in Concord, NC

Survivors include his children, Gayle Hazzard, John P. (Sara) Hazzard, V, and Jane Hazzard; a grandson, J. Potter Hazzard, VI, all of Columbia; sisters, Jane (John) Melvin of Litchfield Beach, SC, Della (Don) Amelion of Birmingham, AL, Julia Merck of New York, NY.

A service for Mr. Hazzard will be held at 12 o'clock Tuesday, July 22nd at Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, 5202 Colonial Drive, Columbia. The family will receive friend prior to the service beginning at 11:30 o'clock. Interment will be held in Fort Jackson National Cemetery.