Cloyes Edwin Hamilton

May 18, 1922 - October 9, 2011

Mr. Cloyes Edwin Hamilton was born on Thursday, May 18, 1922, son of the late Elmer Ellis and Cilla Carpenter Hamilton. He died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. at the age of 89 years, 4 months and 21 days. He was born in Newport, Ark., and had lived his lifetime in Marked Tree. He was a welder for International Harvester in Memphis and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Marked Tree. He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal Trammel Hamilton, one son, James Hamilton, one daughter, Barbara Hamilton, one brother, Otis Hamilton, three sisters, Ruby Malone, Zettie Easley and Imogene Wade and his parents, Elmer Ellis and Cilla Carpenter Hamilton. He is survived by two daughters, Joyce and Howard Morgan of Marked Tree and Lois and Leroy May of Trumann; one son, Ed and Eloise Hamilton of Burnet, Texas; two sisters, Evelyn Peak of Heafer, AR and Nettie Echols of Trumann; 6 grandchildren, Roger Morgan, Karen Morgan Rollins, Todd May, James Ed Hamilton, Chuck Hamilton, and Amanda Hamilton; 7 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann with Rev. Ron Williams and Gary Hill officiating. Burial will follow in the Marked Tree Cemetery in Marked Tree, Ark. Pallbearers will be Roger Morgan, Todd May, Chuck Hamilton, Terry Rollins Sr., James Hamilton and Terry Rollins Jr. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 at Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann. An online register book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net