Eddie Hampton

Funeral services for Edwin Drew Hampton, 66, of Pelham will be held Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 10:00AM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. Rev. Doug Hall will officiate and interment will be in Pinecrest Memory Gardens. Mr. Hampton passed away Friday, June 3, 2016 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Born August 8,1949 he was a son of the late Ellis Elvey Hampton and Rachel Hortense Haire Hampton. He received at associates degree in English from Thomas College. He was a loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, Son and Friend. Mr. Hampton was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church, former member of the Pelham Civitan Club, Baptist Brotherhood Association and Tucker Baptist Association, Ordained Minister and Deacon, Prison Minister, Bible Teacher and Youth Sports Coach. He was married for 45 years to Marcia Lynn Morris who survives. Other survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Rachel Lynn Hampton Hiatt (Mark) of Hampton Roads, VA; a son and daughter-in-law, Thomas Elvey Hampton (Laura) of Dewy Rose, Ga; Grandchildren, Samuel Hampton and Issac Hampton and Sarah Elizabeth Hampton all of Dewy Rose, Ga; Stephen Hiatt, Joshua Hiatt, Daniel Hiatt and Jonathan Hiatt all of Hampton Roads, VA; and brothers and sisters, W.R. Hampton of Tallahassee; Maureen Hampton Logue of Pelham; Phillip Hampton of Eatonton; Ramona Hampton King of Pelham; Sharon Hampton Blocker of Eustis; Nancy Hampton Gilliard of Cairo and Herman Hampton of Pelham, and aunt, Corine Haire of Pelham and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Don and Lawrence Hampton, two nieces Natalie Sherrie Gilliard and Mitzi Hampton Milhollin, uncles Tom (Buddy) Watson Haire, Willie Lee Hampton and Clements Hampton, aunts Edna Haire Anderson, Agnes Haire Fenn, Clyde Haire Curles and Verdie Mae Hampton and Bonnie Fudge and grandparents, Willie A. Hampton and Fanny Hampton and Redden (Paw Paw) Roland Haire and Sabra Holley Haire. The family will receive friends at the funeral Home on Monday, June 6, 2016 from 6:00-8:00PM. Friends may sign the online guest book at www.willisjamersonbraswell.com Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home, Pelham