Charles Kendall Hamilton, Jr., 69

Born Jan. 21, 1936 in Miami, Fla., he was retired yacht captain, served his country with the U.S. Air Force, attended Northside Baptist Church in Florida and was affiliated with Cornerstone Baptist Church in McMinnville. Mr. Hamilton was preceded in death by parents Charles K. Sr. and Edith Batson Hamilton and his first wife Patricia Rose Morris Hamilton.

Survivors include his wife of 10 years, Jean Hamilton of St. Petersburg; daughter and son-in-law, Melanie and Tim Baldwin of Memphis; son, David Hamilton of McMinnville; sons and daughters-in-law, Tim and Shannon Hamilton of McMinnville and Mark and Linda Hamilton of Cowan; brothers, James Hamilton of Vidalia, Ga., and David Hamilton of West Palm Beach, Fla.; sisters, Nancy Sneedin and Carol Schley, both of Franklin, N.C.; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, June 23 at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Ivan Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. The Hamilton family will receive friends on Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m. and again on Friday from 8 a.m. until the time of service at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 21, 2006