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Submitted: 9/4/22 • Approved: 9/4/22 • Last Updated: 9/7/22 • R535534-G535534-S3
Jimmie Lee Hamilton
December 7, 1939-January16, 2022
Jerry Xan Hudson Hamilton
August 23, 1942-July 20, 2019
Married July 24, 1959
*Obituary Jimmie Lee Hamilton
Funeral services for Jimmie Lee Hamilton, age 82 of Seagraves, Texas will be held Friday, January 21, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Seminole with Dr. Jim Miles officiating. Burial will follow at Gaines County Cemetery in Seagraves. Family will host a visitation on Thursday, January 20, 2022 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Boyer Funeral Home in Seminole. All services are under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home.
Coach Hamilton was born December 7, 1939 in Brownfield, Texas to Mozelle (Kennedy) and Lee Roy Hamilton. He married Jerry Xan Hudson in Seagraves, Texas on July 24, 1959. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Seminole and worked for Seagraves Independent School District for many years as a teacher, head football and basketball coach, as well as interim principal. He retired in 2000 after 22 years of service. He had a great love for all the young players and coaches and enjoyed seeing them excel. He always had a kind and gentle spirit, and didn't anger easily. He loved his family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren dearly.
Jim played college football for Ranger Junior College, Abilene Christian University, West Texas College and finally Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico. Many lifelong friends were made during these years.
Jimmie Hamilton passed away Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Legacy Ranch Nursing Home in Midland, Texas. In addition to his parents, Jimmie Hamilton is preceded in death by his wife, Jerry Hamilton in 2019; and one son, Doug Hamilton in 2018. He is survived by one daughter, Holly Kidd and husband Ricky of Andrews, Texas; one brother, Dwight Hamilton and wife Debbie of Plano, Texas; one sister, Diann Middleton and husband Dewey of Ulysses, Kansas; three grandchildren, Regan Weaver and husband Paul of Odessa, Texas, Matt Hamilton and fiancé Stefanie Malouf of San Angelo, Texas, and Ryan Hamilton and wife Morgan of Andover, Kansas; and four great-grandchildren, Taylor Weaver, Kinley Weaver, Hudson Hamilton, and Landree Hamilton.
The family would like to send a special thank you to Legacy Ranch staff and their families as well as Heart to Heart Hospice. Any donations can be made to Legacy Ranch at 4800 Briarwood Ave, Midland, Texas 79707 or First Presbyterian Church in Seminole at P.O. Box 1077 Seminole, Texas 79360.
Source: Boyer Funeral Home
*Obituary Jerry Xan Hudson Hamilton
Obituary by McNett Funeral Home
705 North Main Street, Andrews, Texas
Jerry Xan Hamilton, 76, of Midland and formerly of Seagraves, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Midland.
Family and friends will gather to celebrate her life at a memorial service at 1:00 PM Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church, 301 SW 3rd Street, in Seminole. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday in the Gaines County Cemetery in Seagraves. The family will receive friends from 5 – 8 PM on Monday at the First Presbyterian Church in Seminole. Please visit www.mcnettfuneralhome.com for obituary information, visitation and service details, and family pictures and video tribute.
Jerry was born on August 23, 1942 in Lubbock to Joe Columbus Hudson and Ruth Alexander Hudson. She was raised in Seagraves and graduated from Seagraves High School in 1959. She married Jimmie Lee Hamilton on July 24, 1959 in Seagraves, and they lived there most of their life. She had worked for the Carbon Black Plant and the Hospital in Seagraves. While living in Seagraves, she graduated from South Plains College and Texas Tech University with a bachelor’s degree in Education. She taught 3rd Grade at Seagraves for many years and retired in 2001. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and the Andrews – Gaines County Retired Teacher’s Association. She enjoyed reading, genealogy, scrapbooking, knitting, cross-stitching, watching Jeopardy, CSI, and Law Order. She loved to travel in New Mexico and Colorado and was a fan of Texas Tech University and the Dallas Cowboys. Being a teacher and married to a football coach, she loved being involved in the school and going to football games and being a “Coaches Wife”. She will be remembered by being strong minded and willed, ornery, compassionate, generous, and fiercely protective of her family. She loved spending time with her family, especially taking care of her grandchildren. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Seminole. She was preceded in death by her parents, son, Doug Hamilton, and sister, Betty Townsend.
Jerry is survived by her husband, “Coach” Jim Hamilton of Midland, daughter, Holly Kidd and husband, Ricky, of Andrews, brother and sister in laws, Dwight and Debbie Hamilton of Plano and Dewey and Diann Middleton of Ulysses, Kansas, 3 grandchildren, Regan Weaver and husband, Paul, of Odessa, Matthew Hamilton and girlfriend, Stefanie, of San Angelo, and Ryan Hamilton and wife, Morgan, of Wichita, Kansas, and 4 great grandchildren, Taylor Weaver, Kinley Weaver, Hudson Hamilton, and Landree Hamilton.
Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org or the First Presbyterian Church in Seminole.
Contributed on 9/4/22 by neldapat
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