Claude B. Hamilton, 95, left this world and entered into his heavenly home on Jan. 4, 2010. Claude was born on Oct. 3, 1914, in Winters, Texas, to John Franklin and Bertha Hamilton, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death was his wife of 71 years, Leona; one son, Wayne Hamilton; three brothers, J.F. Hamilton, Melvin Hamilton and Don Hamilton; and four sisters, Jessie Mae Hurley, Faye Eubanks, Lois Adams and Louise Gaddy.
Claude is survived by a son, Allan Hamilton; a daughter, Kathy Christie, and her husband, Gene; a sister, Doris Shandley, of Robert Lee, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Joellen Hamilton; seven grandchildren, C.W. Hamilton, and wife, Shawna, Vonna Hamilton, April Hollingsworth, and husband, Josh, Matthew Valquardsen, and wife, Tish, Edie Cooksey, and husband, David, Melissa Beene, and husband, Porter, and Shannon Christie; 15 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and three sisters-in-law.
Claude was the next to the oldest of nine children. Growing up on a dry-land Texas farm, he helped his mother take care of the youngest children and did his chores. He also learned to farm and ranch while helping his dad. He rode to school and church on a horse or mule, and learned to drive a Model T before he was in the eighth grade. He made his living as a farmer in the Pecos Valley and later settled in as a mechanic, retiring after 30 years of service at Roswell Ford.
His greatest service, however, was to his savior, and Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he served for over 70 years as a Sunday School teacher, bus driver, mechanic, trustee, deacon, usher and with great pride in his older years, the door greeter.
Outside of work and church, he enjoyed time with his family. He was a humble servant who never tired of helping those around him, rich or poor. Always healthy and strong, physically and spiritually, his bigger-than-life example of what a Christian man, father, husband, and servant should be and look like will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Pallbearers will be C.W. Hamilton, Christopher Hamilton, Harrison Hamilton, Porter Beene, Garrett Beene and Matthew Valquardsen. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Carpenter, Doil McCreary and Bill Davis.
Services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Dr. Onsy Whicker and Dr. Geary Miller will officiate. Burial will follow in South Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Ballard Funeral Home on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, from 5 to 6 p.m.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed at www.ballard
funeralhome.com.
Claude is survived by a son, Allan Hamilton; a daughter, Kathy Christie, and her husband, Gene; a sister, Doris Shandley, of Robert Lee, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Joellen Hamilton; seven grandchildren, C.W. Hamilton, and wife, Shawna, Vonna Hamilton, April Hollingsworth, and husband, Josh, Matthew Valquardsen, and wife, Tish, Edie Cooksey, and husband, David, Melissa Beene, and husband, Porter, and Shannon Christie; 15 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and three sisters-in-law.
Claude was the next to the oldest of nine children. Growing up on a dry-land Texas farm, he helped his mother take care of the youngest children and did his chores. He also learned to farm and ranch while helping his dad. He rode to school and church on a horse or mule, and learned to drive a Model T before he was in the eighth grade. He made his living as a farmer in the Pecos Valley and later settled in as a mechanic, retiring after 30 years of service at Roswell Ford.
His greatest service, however, was to his savior, and Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he served for over 70 years as a Sunday School teacher, bus driver, mechanic, trustee, deacon, usher and with great pride in his older years, the door greeter.
Outside of work and church, he enjoyed time with his family. He was a humble servant who never tired of helping those around him, rich or poor. Always healthy and strong, physically and spiritually, his bigger-than-life example of what a Christian man, father, husband, and servant should be and look like will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Pallbearers will be C.W. Hamilton, Christopher Hamilton, Harrison Hamilton, Porter Beene, Garrett Beene and Matthew Valquardsen. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Carpenter, Doil McCreary and Bill Davis.
Services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Dr. Onsy Whicker and Dr. Geary Miller will officiate. Burial will follow in South Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Ballard Funeral Home on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, from 5 to 6 p.m.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed at www.ballard
funeralhome.com.
Claude B. Hamilton, 95, left this world and entered into his heavenly home on Jan. 4, 2010. Claude was born on Oct. 3, 1914, in Winters, Texas, to John Franklin and Bertha Hamilton, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death was his wife of 71 years, Leona; one son, Wayne Hamilton; three brothers, J.F. Hamilton, Melvin Hamilton and Don Hamilton; and four sisters, Jessie Mae Hurley, Faye Eubanks, Lois Adams and Louise Gaddy.
Claude is survived by a son, Allan Hamilton; a daughter, Kathy Christie, and her husband, Gene; a sister, Doris Shandley, of Robert Lee, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Joellen Hamilton; seven grandchildren, C.W. Hamilton, and wife, Shawna, Vonna Hamilton, April Hollingsworth, and husband, Josh, Matthew Valquardsen, and wife, Tish, Edie Cooksey, and husband, David, Melissa Beene, and husband, Porter, and Shannon Christie; 15 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and three sisters-in-law.
Claude was the next to the oldest of nine children. Growing up on a dry-land Texas farm, he helped his mother take care of the youngest children and did his chores. He also learned to farm and ranch while helping his dad. He rode to school and church on a horse or mule, and learned to drive a Model T before he was in the eighth grade. He made his living as a farmer in the Pecos Valley and later settled in as a mechanic, retiring after 30 years of service at Roswell Ford.
His greatest service, however, was to his savior, and Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he served for over 70 years as a Sunday School teacher, bus driver, mechanic, trustee, deacon, usher and with great pride in his older years, the door greeter.
Outside of work and church, he enjoyed time with his family. He was a humble servant who never tired of helping those around him, rich or poor. Always healthy and strong, physically and spiritually, his bigger-than-life example of what a Christian man, father, husband, and servant should be and look like will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Pallbearers will be C.W. Hamilton, Christopher Hamilton, Harrison Hamilton, Porter Beene, Garrett Beene and Matthew Valquardsen. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Carpenter, Doil McCreary and Bill Davis.
Services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Dr. Onsy Whicker and Dr. Geary Miller will officiate. Burial will follow in South Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Ballard Funeral Home on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, from 5 to 6 p.m.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed at www.ballard
funeralhome.com.
Claude is survived by a son, Allan Hamilton; a daughter, Kathy Christie, and her husband, Gene; a sister, Doris Shandley, of Robert Lee, Texas; a daughter-in-law, Joellen Hamilton; seven grandchildren, C.W. Hamilton, and wife, Shawna, Vonna Hamilton, April Hollingsworth, and husband, Josh, Matthew Valquardsen, and wife, Tish, Edie Cooksey, and husband, David, Melissa Beene, and husband, Porter, and Shannon Christie; 15 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and three sisters-in-law.
Claude was the next to the oldest of nine children. Growing up on a dry-land Texas farm, he helped his mother take care of the youngest children and did his chores. He also learned to farm and ranch while helping his dad. He rode to school and church on a horse or mule, and learned to drive a Model T before he was in the eighth grade. He made his living as a farmer in the Pecos Valley and later settled in as a mechanic, retiring after 30 years of service at Roswell Ford.
His greatest service, however, was to his savior, and Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he served for over 70 years as a Sunday School teacher, bus driver, mechanic, trustee, deacon, usher and with great pride in his older years, the door greeter.
Outside of work and church, he enjoyed time with his family. He was a humble servant who never tired of helping those around him, rich or poor. Always healthy and strong, physically and spiritually, his bigger-than-life example of what a Christian man, father, husband, and servant should be and look like will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Pallbearers will be C.W. Hamilton, Christopher Hamilton, Harrison Hamilton, Porter Beene, Garrett Beene and Matthew Valquardsen. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Carpenter, Doil McCreary and Bill Davis.
Services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Dr. Onsy Whicker and Dr. Geary Miller will officiate. Burial will follow in South Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Ballard Funeral Home on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, from 5 to 6 p.m.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed at www.ballard
funeralhome.com.
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