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On Friday
morning, October 7, 2005, our father, brother, grandfather, departed
this life to be with his heavenly father.
‘To everything
there is a season, a time for every purpose under the heavens; a
time to be born and a time to die”. Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Ruby Mae
Hamilton, after an extended illness was called home on Wednesday,
November 22, 2006 at North Greenville Memorial Hospital in Travelers
Rest, S.C after an extended illness. She was the first of two
children born in Iva, SC on October 9, 1932 to the late Iserleane
Holmes and Edward Holmes. The wife of the late Willie James
Hamilton.
At an early
age she joined Long Branch Baptist Church where she was an active
member for many years. She also attended Mt. Calvary Baptist Church,
she testified in church and enjoyed the Lord. She was a caring
worker as a Nurse’s Aide at St. Francis Hospital for a number of
years she later retired from Morrison’s Cafeteria. She was an active
member in the neighborhood helping those in need with meals,
clothing and sometimes a place to stay. She was preceded in death by
three sons, Willie Hamilton, Jr., Stanley Holmes and Glenn Holmes.
Ruby Mae
Hamilton after seventy-four years leaves to cherish fond and loving
memories four daughters, Brenda M. Holmes of Decatur, GA, Debra A.
Harris, Dianne Young and Angela Hamilton of Greenville, SC; one son,
Michael Holmes of Decatur, GA; one sister, Kathleen Workman of
Greenville, SC; five grandchildren, Iserleane U. Holmes, Victor A.
Harris, Sonya L. Young of Greenville, SC and Ortegra Y. Harper and
Tanisha J. Graham of Decatur, GA; three great-grandchildren, Jeffrey
Dendy, Chelsea Jones and Jaquez Harris of Greenville, SC; two aunts,
Jessie Mae Holmes and Annette Holmes of Greenville, SC; two uncles,
Chip Holmes and Buddy Holmes of Greenville, SC; one nephew, Andrea
Workman, Jr. of Greenville, SC; one great-nephew, Andrea Workman,
Jr.; four great-nieces, Ariana Workman, Atianna Workman, Andra
Workman and Amon Workman and a host of other loving relatives and
friends.
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