Joshua "Josh" Stone Hamilton of Bunnell, FL, died Friday, February 21, 2001, at Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, FL. Born on November 26, 1930, in Nashville, TN, he was the son of the late Dr. James Robert and Nellie Rose (Stone) Hamilton. He married, and later divorced, Barbara Friedersdorf, and she survives.
Surviving with his former wife of Miller, IN, are one daughter, Holly Ann Mixdorf and her husband, Thomas of Indianapolis; two brother, James Robert "Robin" Hamilton of Indianapolis, and Joseph Thomas Hamilton of Edmonton, Canada; one sister, Phoebe Lou Hamilton of Washington, D.C.; three grandchildren, Sarah Yekinni, Kegan Thomas Mixdorf, and Flynn Joshua Mixdorf, all of Indianapolis; and three nephews.
A 1948 graduate of Mitchell High School, he was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He graduated from Franklin College in 1955 and became an elementary teacher and principal in Gary, IN. After retirement, he returned to Mitchell and worked for the Mitchell Development Corporation and later on the staff at Haverly Mortuary and at the time of his death was serving as Democrat precinct committee chaiman in Bunnell, FL. He was a member of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity, Cecil C. Martin American Legion Post 250, Masonic Lodge F&AM 228, and Jacob Finger United Methodist Church.
His remains were cremated and will be buried in the Hamilton plot in Mitchell Cemetery. Arrangements for a memorial service in the spring will be announced at a later date by Haverly Mortuary.
Surviving with his former wife of Miller, IN, are one daughter, Holly Ann Mixdorf and her husband, Thomas of Indianapolis; two brother, James Robert "Robin" Hamilton of Indianapolis, and Joseph Thomas Hamilton of Edmonton, Canada; one sister, Phoebe Lou Hamilton of Washington, D.C.; three grandchildren, Sarah Yekinni, Kegan Thomas Mixdorf, and Flynn Joshua Mixdorf, all of Indianapolis; and three nephews.
A 1948 graduate of Mitchell High School, he was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He graduated from Franklin College in 1955 and became an elementary teacher and principal in Gary, IN. After retirement, he returned to Mitchell and worked for the Mitchell Development Corporation and later on the staff at Haverly Mortuary and at the time of his death was serving as Democrat precinct committee chaiman in Bunnell, FL. He was a member of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity, Cecil C. Martin American Legion Post 250, Masonic Lodge F&AM 228, and Jacob Finger United Methodist Church.
His remains were cremated and will be buried in the Hamilton plot in Mitchell Cemetery. Arrangements for a memorial service in the spring will be announced at a later date by Haverly Mortuary.
Joshua "Josh" Stone Hamilton of Bunnell, FL, died Friday, February 21, 2001, at Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, FL. Born on November 26, 1930, in Nashville, TN, he was the son of the late Dr. James Robert and Nellie Rose (Stone) Hamilton. He married, and later divorced, Barbara Friedersdorf, and she survives.
Surviving with his former wife of Miller, IN, are one daughter, Holly Ann Mixdorf and her husband, Thomas of Indianapolis; two brother, James Robert "Robin" Hamilton of Indianapolis, and Joseph Thomas Hamilton of Edmonton, Canada; one sister, Phoebe Lou Hamilton of Washington, D.C.; three grandchildren, Sarah Yekinni, Kegan Thomas Mixdorf, and Flynn Joshua Mixdorf, all of Indianapolis; and three nephews.
A 1948 graduate of Mitchell High School, he was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He graduated from Franklin College in 1955 and became an elementary teacher and principal in Gary, IN. After retirement, he returned to Mitchell and worked for the Mitchell Development Corporation and later on the staff at Haverly Mortuary and at the time of his death was serving as Democrat precinct committee chaiman in Bunnell, FL. He was a member of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity, Cecil C. Martin American Legion Post 250, Masonic Lodge F&AM 228, and Jacob Finger United Methodist Church.
His remains were cremated and will be buried in the Hamilton plot in Mitchell Cemetery. Arrangements for a memorial service in the spring will be announced at a later date by Haverly Mortuary.
Surviving with his former wife of Miller, IN, are one daughter, Holly Ann Mixdorf and her husband, Thomas of Indianapolis; two brother, James Robert "Robin" Hamilton of Indianapolis, and Joseph Thomas Hamilton of Edmonton, Canada; one sister, Phoebe Lou Hamilton of Washington, D.C.; three grandchildren, Sarah Yekinni, Kegan Thomas Mixdorf, and Flynn Joshua Mixdorf, all of Indianapolis; and three nephews.
A 1948 graduate of Mitchell High School, he was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He graduated from Franklin College in 1955 and became an elementary teacher and principal in Gary, IN. After retirement, he returned to Mitchell and worked for the Mitchell Development Corporation and later on the staff at Haverly Mortuary and at the time of his death was serving as Democrat precinct committee chaiman in Bunnell, FL. He was a member of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity, Cecil C. Martin American Legion Post 250, Masonic Lodge F&AM 228, and Jacob Finger United Methodist Church.
His remains were cremated and will be buried in the Hamilton plot in Mitchell Cemetery. Arrangements for a memorial service in the spring will be announced at a later date by Haverly Mortuary.
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