Hazel Griffith Hamby

Services for Hazel Griffith Hamby, 93, of Palestine, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Donnie Howard and the Rev. Bill Gernenz officiating. Burial will follow in Ferguson Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home of Palestine.

Mrs. Hamby died Thursday morning at Palestine Regional Medical Center. She was born June 10, 1914, in Camp County to R.C. and Maggie Laney Griffith. Mrs. Hamby was a homemaker. She was a member of the Pilgrim’s Home Demonstration Club.

Mrs. Hamby was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Jessie Hamby in 1999; sons, Charles Richard Hamby, Ricky Hamby, and Gary Hamby; sisters, Faye Honeycutt and Christine Dancer; brothers, Earl Griffith and Albert Griffith; and a grandson, Michael Allen Hamby. She is survived by her daughter, Susie Blackmon; and husband, Craig Caldwell of Rusk; son, James Hamby of Elkhart; sisters, Mildred Boyer and Dorothy Gentry both of Palestine; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Billy Hamby, Gary Hamby, Rusty Hamby, Scott Blackmon, Pat Blackmon, Scott Frazier, Jason Ives and James Eckard Hamby.

Condolence calls will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Bailey & Foster Funeral Home in Palestine.

Services for Aunt Gracie, 104, of Lindale, will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at St. Mary’s Baptist Church in Lindale, with the Rev. Jame Curtis officiating, under the direction of Mercy-McGowan Funeral Home. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Viewing will be 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the church.

August 17, 2007

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress