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J.C. Hampton, 95, of Wolfe City went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on August 13, 2008, at Smith Nursing Home in Wolfe City. Services will be held at l0:30 a.m. Saturday in the Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Vernell Nelson and Rev. Joyce Patterson officiating. Burial will follow at East Mount Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeal home.
Mr.Hampton was born April 5, l9l3, in Gatesville, son of Claude and Lillie Swindell Hampton. On December 15, l938, he married Laura Milne. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War 11 and worked for the City of Greenville Parks and Recreation Department for many years. He was a member of the First Pentecostal Church.
Surviving are his daughter, Shirley Ann Butler of Charlottesville, Va., grandchildren Jay, Jerry and Jeff Jones, Janice Gantt, Tony Foster, Lori Mize, Jimmie, James and Robert Hampton, and Melanie Ham, 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
His wife, a son, Jimmie Hampton, and daughters Patsy Bell and Wanda Foster preceded him in death.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family request memorial be made to Vistacare Hospice, 2824 Terrell Rd.,Greenville, Texas 75402.