Doris Katherine Hamilton

Doris Katherine Hamilton

Doris Katherine Hamilton, age 85, of Olney, Texas died Sunday October 12, 2008, in Olney.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. James Gilbert, of Fort Worth, Texas and the Rev. David Carpenter, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in Restland Cemetery under the direction of Lunn Funeral Home.

Doris was born November 21, 1922 in Olney, Texas to the late Mark and Io (Eubank) Campbell. She and Dwight Hamilton were married on September 24, 1944 in Olney. She graduated from Olney High School in 1940 and attended Bethel College in McKenzie, Tennessee. In 1944 she graduated with a BA and BS from TSCW in Denton, Texas. She was a member of Phi Upsilon Omicron, the Amity Club, the Olney Library Board, and past president of the Olney Board of Industry and Commerce. Doris was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the CPWM, and a former member of the Children’s Home Board. She was preceded in death by one sister, Peggy McKinley.

She is survived by her husband, Dwight Hamilton of Olney, Texas; one son, Dike Hamilton and wife Marti of Olney; one daughter, Kathy Gilmore and husband Dale of Olney; five grandchildren, Mike Gilmore and wife Charity, Ira Gilmore and wife Cathey, Molly Cauble and husband Robert, Parker Hamilton, and Paige Hamilton; and six great grandchildren, Kooper, Mason, Sam, Katey, Kasey, and Koy.

Visitation for family and friends will be Monday evening, October 13, 2008, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 756, Olney, Texas 76374 or the Olney Community Library and Art Center, P.O. Box 67, Olney, Texas 76374.