Tazewell County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Carlos Hamm



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Bristol Herald Courier
March 13, 2003

Carlos Hamm
    CEDAR BLUFF -- Mr. Carlos Hamm, 79, passed away Tuesday, March 11,
2003, at his home following a long illness. Born in Wise County, Va., he
was the son of the late Henry Horton Hamm and Hattie Mae Carty Hamm, both
Wise County natives. He spent most of his life in the Richlands and Cedar
Bluff areas of Tazewell County and was co-owner and operator of H & H
Battery service at Raven. He served in the Army during World War II in the
Pacific. 
    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers,
James Hamm in World War II, John Hamm and Robert Hamm.
    Mr. Hamm is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mrs. Joan Pruett Hamm;
one son, Stanley Hamm and wife Carolyn of Pounding Mill, Va.; one daughter,
Susan Hamm Mackey and husband Thomas of North Tazewell, Va.; two grandsons,
Matthew Hamm and wife Sherri of Tazewell and Daniel Hamm of Pounding Mill;
one granddaughter, Kristen Mackey Kelly and husband Perry of Tazewell; two
great-granddaughters, Leah Kelly and Emily Kelly, both of Tazewell; two
sisters, Katrina Tickles of Swarmer, Kan., and Betty Hunter and husband
Marion of Abingdon; two brothers, Dennis Hamm and wife Maxie of Poundimg
Mill and Jack Hamm and wife Mona of Richlands; and several nieces and
nephews also survive.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, March 14, 2002,
in the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff with Revs. Rick Cole
and Ethel Watson officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory
Gardens Cemetery at Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be family and
friends.
    The family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in
Cedar Bluff from 6-9 p.m. Thursday.
    Thanks from the family to Dr. Steven Rinehart, Dr. Robert Weinacker,
Hospice of Virginia and two special neighbors, Willis Williams and Frazier
Joyce.
    Singleton Funeral Service is serving the Hamm Family.