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Obit for Harold B. "Doc" Hamilton



TEXHOMA, Okla. - Harold B. "Doc" Hamilton, 80, died Sunday, April 21,

2002, in Amarillo, Texas.



Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Texhoma St. Paul Lutheran Church with the

Rev. Paul Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Texhoma Cemetery by

Dawson-Welch Funeral Home.



Mr. Hamilton was born Dec. 30, 1921, in Nixa, Mo., to Charles and Virginia

Maybry Hamilton. He served in the Army from Nov. 17, 1942, to Sept. 27,

1945.



During his service he received the Good Conduct Medal, European African

Middle Eastern Service Medal and the Purple Heart for wounds received in the

European Theater, Nov. 19, 1944.



He moved to Texhoma from Pierce City, Mo., in 1972. He married Audrey

Lindorfer Hackler on Aug. 19, 1983, in Raton, N.M. He worked as a

myologist and reflexologist and was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and

American Massage Therapist Association.



Pallbearers will be Jess Smith, Mertis Vail, Mike Tanquary, Jerry Harland,

Randy Alexander and Raymond Tanquary.



He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; and a sister.



Survivors include his wife; a son, G.E. Hamilton of Grand Rapids, Mich.; two

stepsons, Tom Hackler of Texhoma and Michael Hackler of Enid; two

stepdaughters, Lanetta Montgomery of Texhoma and Barbara Matthews of

Stratford, Texas; three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and numerous

nieces, nephews and cousins.



The family suggests memorials be to St. Paul Lutheran Church; Texhoma

Cemetery; or a favorite charity.



Amarillo Globe-News, April 25, 2002