Hazel was a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary . She and her mother were both active in the Democratic Party . She was invited to attend a dinner honoring John F. Kennedy in Austin on November 22 , 1963 , but he was assassinated in Dallas earlier that day . She also attended the inauguration of Texas governor Dolph Briscoe in 1975
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Hazel Vaughn Leigh