Roy James Hamilton, age 57, went home to his Creator on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at Sparks Hospital in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
Roy was born December 6, 1959, in Stilwell, Oklahoma to Herbert and Jewell Dean (Morton) Hamilton.
Roy graduated from Stilwell High School in 1978. He attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, where he pursued a career in journalism. While at NSU, Roy enjoyed utilizing his creativity as editor of the Redmen Newspaper. Roy wrote ''Ned Christie Cherokee Warrior'' and edited the anthology ''Cherokee Writers from the Flint Hills of Oklahoma.''
Roy was a proud Cherokee Citizen and Christie descendant. He was employed at the Cherokee Nation as a special projects officer at the time of his death. During his tenure, he worked as a genealogist, historian, and cultural presenter.
Roy was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Carol Woodward, niece Rhonda Woodward and great-niece Jelisa Sanchez, as well as his beloved grandmother Peggy Sue (Christie) Morton.
(Obituary courtesy of Roberts-Reed-Culver Funeral Home)
Roy was born December 6, 1959, in Stilwell, Oklahoma to Herbert and Jewell Dean (Morton) Hamilton.
Roy graduated from Stilwell High School in 1978. He attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, where he pursued a career in journalism. While at NSU, Roy enjoyed utilizing his creativity as editor of the Redmen Newspaper. Roy wrote ''Ned Christie Cherokee Warrior'' and edited the anthology ''Cherokee Writers from the Flint Hills of Oklahoma.''
Roy was a proud Cherokee Citizen and Christie descendant. He was employed at the Cherokee Nation as a special projects officer at the time of his death. During his tenure, he worked as a genealogist, historian, and cultural presenter.
Roy was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Carol Woodward, niece Rhonda Woodward and great-niece Jelisa Sanchez, as well as his beloved grandmother Peggy Sue (Christie) Morton.
(Obituary courtesy of Roberts-Reed-Culver Funeral Home)
Roy James Hamilton, age 57, went home to his Creator on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at Sparks Hospital in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
Roy was born December 6, 1959, in Stilwell, Oklahoma to Herbert and Jewell Dean (Morton) Hamilton.
Roy graduated from Stilwell High School in 1978. He attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, where he pursued a career in journalism. While at NSU, Roy enjoyed utilizing his creativity as editor of the Redmen Newspaper. Roy wrote ''Ned Christie Cherokee Warrior'' and edited the anthology ''Cherokee Writers from the Flint Hills of Oklahoma.''
Roy was a proud Cherokee Citizen and Christie descendant. He was employed at the Cherokee Nation as a special projects officer at the time of his death. During his tenure, he worked as a genealogist, historian, and cultural presenter.
Roy was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Carol Woodward, niece Rhonda Woodward and great-niece Jelisa Sanchez, as well as his beloved grandmother Peggy Sue (Christie) Morton.
(Obituary courtesy of Roberts-Reed-Culver Funeral Home)
Roy was born December 6, 1959, in Stilwell, Oklahoma to Herbert and Jewell Dean (Morton) Hamilton.
Roy graduated from Stilwell High School in 1978. He attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, where he pursued a career in journalism. While at NSU, Roy enjoyed utilizing his creativity as editor of the Redmen Newspaper. Roy wrote ''Ned Christie Cherokee Warrior'' and edited the anthology ''Cherokee Writers from the Flint Hills of Oklahoma.''
Roy was a proud Cherokee Citizen and Christie descendant. He was employed at the Cherokee Nation as a special projects officer at the time of his death. During his tenure, he worked as a genealogist, historian, and cultural presenter.
Roy was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Carol Woodward, niece Rhonda Woodward and great-niece Jelisa Sanchez, as well as his beloved grandmother Peggy Sue (Christie) Morton.
(Obituary courtesy of Roberts-Reed-Culver Funeral Home)
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