Horace Alford Hamm, 77, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2009.
Born and raised in Joanna, SC, he was preceded in death by his parents, Horace A. Hamm, Sr. and Bessie Taylor Hamm, who instilled in him a love for people which carried and motivated him in various facets of his life and career.
Since 1955 he has pastored churches in TN-Maynardville Baptist, Riverdale Baptist, Oakland Street Baptist, Island Home Baptist, Hillcrest Baptist, and NC-Wakefield Baptist, Fuquay-Varina Baptist, Carolina Pines Baptist.
He was a Veteran of the Korean War stationed in Vienna, Austria, and later was commissioned as a chaplain in the U.S. Naval Reserve assigned to the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was given the opportunity to become the first American Chaplain to the NATO forces and was a guest chaplain for the U.S. Senate. He also was a Blue and Gold Officer for the U.S. Naval Academy and served as staff chaplain, Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region 7, during the Gulf War for which he was presented the Navy Commendation Medal. After 29 1/2 years of service, he retired as a Navy Captain and was later appointed as the National Chaplain of the Naval Reserve Association.
Horace graduated with a BA from Carson-Newman College and an MDiv from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. With a deep concern for community, he served on numerous boards, committees, and civic organizations, including the SBC Foreign Mission Board, Exchange Club, and Civitan Club. The RainMakers, which he helped to found, was a group with a vision to "make it rain in the fields of fellow men and women who have entrepreneurial spirit and desire but lack resources."
Horace is survived by the former Eugenia Shull, his wife of 53 years. He also leaves behind two daughters, Angela Sanders and her husband, Wayne, and Anita Hester and her husband, David; his grandchildren, Megan Sanders Pinson, Michael Sanders, Scott Sanders, Aubrey Hester and Austin Hester; and two great-grandchildren, Caden Sanders and Clay Pinson. Horace also leaves behind several cousins.
The family will receive friends on Monday, August 17, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home in Fuquay-Varina. The funeral service will be at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2009.
Hayes Barton Baptist was an integral part of his life as he started his graduate studies in the Raleigh area and became a place of worship through the televised services at the end of his life. The burial will be at the Brown Cemetery of the Pine Grove Baptist Church located on Big Dry Run Road in Mountain City, TN at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Carolina Pines Baptist Church, 2655 South Saunders Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, or Hayes Barton Baptist Church Television Ministry, 1800 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27608.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude for the devoted service of Heartland Home Care, Centerpeace Custodial Services and Duke Hospice. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home.
Published in The News & Observer on August 17, 2009
Born and raised in Joanna, SC, he was preceded in death by his parents, Horace A. Hamm, Sr. and Bessie Taylor Hamm, who instilled in him a love for people which carried and motivated him in various facets of his life and career.
Since 1955 he has pastored churches in TN-Maynardville Baptist, Riverdale Baptist, Oakland Street Baptist, Island Home Baptist, Hillcrest Baptist, and NC-Wakefield Baptist, Fuquay-Varina Baptist, Carolina Pines Baptist.
He was a Veteran of the Korean War stationed in Vienna, Austria, and later was commissioned as a chaplain in the U.S. Naval Reserve assigned to the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was given the opportunity to become the first American Chaplain to the NATO forces and was a guest chaplain for the U.S. Senate. He also was a Blue and Gold Officer for the U.S. Naval Academy and served as staff chaplain, Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region 7, during the Gulf War for which he was presented the Navy Commendation Medal. After 29 1/2 years of service, he retired as a Navy Captain and was later appointed as the National Chaplain of the Naval Reserve Association.
Horace graduated with a BA from Carson-Newman College and an MDiv from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. With a deep concern for community, he served on numerous boards, committees, and civic organizations, including the SBC Foreign Mission Board, Exchange Club, and Civitan Club. The RainMakers, which he helped to found, was a group with a vision to "make it rain in the fields of fellow men and women who have entrepreneurial spirit and desire but lack resources."
Horace is survived by the former Eugenia Shull, his wife of 53 years. He also leaves behind two daughters, Angela Sanders and her husband, Wayne, and Anita Hester and her husband, David; his grandchildren, Megan Sanders Pinson, Michael Sanders, Scott Sanders, Aubrey Hester and Austin Hester; and two great-grandchildren, Caden Sanders and Clay Pinson. Horace also leaves behind several cousins.
The family will receive friends on Monday, August 17, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home in Fuquay-Varina. The funeral service will be at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2009.
Hayes Barton Baptist was an integral part of his life as he started his graduate studies in the Raleigh area and became a place of worship through the televised services at the end of his life. The burial will be at the Brown Cemetery of the Pine Grove Baptist Church located on Big Dry Run Road in Mountain City, TN at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Carolina Pines Baptist Church, 2655 South Saunders Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, or Hayes Barton Baptist Church Television Ministry, 1800 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27608.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude for the devoted service of Heartland Home Care, Centerpeace Custodial Services and Duke Hospice. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home.
Published in The News & Observer on August 17, 2009
Horace Alford Hamm, 77, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2009.
Born and raised in Joanna, SC, he was preceded in death by his parents, Horace A. Hamm, Sr. and Bessie Taylor Hamm, who instilled in him a love for people which carried and motivated him in various facets of his life and career.
Since 1955 he has pastored churches in TN-Maynardville Baptist, Riverdale Baptist, Oakland Street Baptist, Island Home Baptist, Hillcrest Baptist, and NC-Wakefield Baptist, Fuquay-Varina Baptist, Carolina Pines Baptist.
He was a Veteran of the Korean War stationed in Vienna, Austria, and later was commissioned as a chaplain in the U.S. Naval Reserve assigned to the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was given the opportunity to become the first American Chaplain to the NATO forces and was a guest chaplain for the U.S. Senate. He also was a Blue and Gold Officer for the U.S. Naval Academy and served as staff chaplain, Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region 7, during the Gulf War for which he was presented the Navy Commendation Medal. After 29 1/2 years of service, he retired as a Navy Captain and was later appointed as the National Chaplain of the Naval Reserve Association.
Horace graduated with a BA from Carson-Newman College and an MDiv from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. With a deep concern for community, he served on numerous boards, committees, and civic organizations, including the SBC Foreign Mission Board, Exchange Club, and Civitan Club. The RainMakers, which he helped to found, was a group with a vision to "make it rain in the fields of fellow men and women who have entrepreneurial spirit and desire but lack resources."
Horace is survived by the former Eugenia Shull, his wife of 53 years. He also leaves behind two daughters, Angela Sanders and her husband, Wayne, and Anita Hester and her husband, David; his grandchildren, Megan Sanders Pinson, Michael Sanders, Scott Sanders, Aubrey Hester and Austin Hester; and two great-grandchildren, Caden Sanders and Clay Pinson. Horace also leaves behind several cousins.
The family will receive friends on Monday, August 17, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home in Fuquay-Varina. The funeral service will be at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2009.
Hayes Barton Baptist was an integral part of his life as he started his graduate studies in the Raleigh area and became a place of worship through the televised services at the end of his life. The burial will be at the Brown Cemetery of the Pine Grove Baptist Church located on Big Dry Run Road in Mountain City, TN at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Carolina Pines Baptist Church, 2655 South Saunders Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, or Hayes Barton Baptist Church Television Ministry, 1800 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27608.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude for the devoted service of Heartland Home Care, Centerpeace Custodial Services and Duke Hospice. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home.
Published in The News & Observer on August 17, 2009
Born and raised in Joanna, SC, he was preceded in death by his parents, Horace A. Hamm, Sr. and Bessie Taylor Hamm, who instilled in him a love for people which carried and motivated him in various facets of his life and career.
Since 1955 he has pastored churches in TN-Maynardville Baptist, Riverdale Baptist, Oakland Street Baptist, Island Home Baptist, Hillcrest Baptist, and NC-Wakefield Baptist, Fuquay-Varina Baptist, Carolina Pines Baptist.
He was a Veteran of the Korean War stationed in Vienna, Austria, and later was commissioned as a chaplain in the U.S. Naval Reserve assigned to the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was given the opportunity to become the first American Chaplain to the NATO forces and was a guest chaplain for the U.S. Senate. He also was a Blue and Gold Officer for the U.S. Naval Academy and served as staff chaplain, Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region 7, during the Gulf War for which he was presented the Navy Commendation Medal. After 29 1/2 years of service, he retired as a Navy Captain and was later appointed as the National Chaplain of the Naval Reserve Association.
Horace graduated with a BA from Carson-Newman College and an MDiv from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. With a deep concern for community, he served on numerous boards, committees, and civic organizations, including the SBC Foreign Mission Board, Exchange Club, and Civitan Club. The RainMakers, which he helped to found, was a group with a vision to "make it rain in the fields of fellow men and women who have entrepreneurial spirit and desire but lack resources."
Horace is survived by the former Eugenia Shull, his wife of 53 years. He also leaves behind two daughters, Angela Sanders and her husband, Wayne, and Anita Hester and her husband, David; his grandchildren, Megan Sanders Pinson, Michael Sanders, Scott Sanders, Aubrey Hester and Austin Hester; and two great-grandchildren, Caden Sanders and Clay Pinson. Horace also leaves behind several cousins.
The family will receive friends on Monday, August 17, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home in Fuquay-Varina. The funeral service will be at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2009.
Hayes Barton Baptist was an integral part of his life as he started his graduate studies in the Raleigh area and became a place of worship through the televised services at the end of his life. The burial will be at the Brown Cemetery of the Pine Grove Baptist Church located on Big Dry Run Road in Mountain City, TN at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Carolina Pines Baptist Church, 2655 South Saunders Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, or Hayes Barton Baptist Church Television Ministry, 1800 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27608.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude for the devoted service of Heartland Home Care, Centerpeace Custodial Services and Duke Hospice. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home.
Published in The News & Observer on August 17, 2009
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