Wilton "Willie" Lorene Hamilton

October 13, 1931 - July 21, 2020

Funeral services for Wilton “Willie” Hamilton will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at First Baptist Church in Giddings with Pastor Matthew Hamilton and Tim Pitts officiating. Burial will follow in the Giddings City Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, July 24, 2020 from 8:00 am until 8:00 pm and on Saturday, July 25, 2020 from 7:00 am until 8:00 am at the funeral home. Wilton “Willie” Lorene Hamilton was born on October 13, 1931 in Big Spring, Texas to Elige Wesley “Blue” and Clemmie Lorene (Hinesly) Estep. She graduated from Menard High School and her senior trip was to New Orleans. Willie did not really like school, and she would skip school to be a nanny for local families. She loved baking and even won the blue ribbon at the fair for her famous Italian cream cake. Elvis Presley, Ernest Tubb, and Willie Nelson were some of her favorite musicians. She started attending church with her friend Elna and was baptized into the Church of Christ. Willie eloped with Jack Harless Hamilton and was married on April 4, 1953 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Jack asked for her parents blessing after they were married. She enjoyed working and being active. Some of her jobs included working as a sales clerk, owning a t-shirt shop, working at a pharmacy, serving as a nurses aid and volunteering at a hospital, working at three different phone companies as an operator, and working at a senior community center. Willie and Jack moved all over Texas due to Jack working in road construction. Her faith was a very important part of her life and she was an active member at Calvary Baptist Church in Pecos and First Baptist Church in Giddings where she helped wherever she could. Willie loved traveling and having family and friends over for meals and celebrations. Willie passed away the evening of Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Oakland Manor Nursing Center in Giddings. She is preceded in death by her parents, Elige & Clemmie Estep; brother, Maurice Estep; father and mother-in-law, Ruth & Winfield Jackson Hamilton; brother-in-law, Ronald Sharp; three sisters-in-law, Donna Estep, Lois Peters, and Morine Siebert, and one niece, Kathy Ward. Willie is survived by her husband of 67 years, Jack Hamilton of Giddings; two sons, Wesley “Jack” & Beverly Hamilton of Giddings and Charles “Chuck” & Janet Hamilton of Aledo; nine grandchildren, Clay & Amy Hamilton of Canada, Linzee Hamilton of San Angelo, Ryan & Tiffani Hamilton of Midland, Larissa & Frankie Keller of Greenwood, Matthew & Lindsay Hamilton of Aledo, Lauren & Brian Edwards of Maryland, Jarod Hazlett, Krista & Adam Weathers of Virginia, Laura & Adam Eshom of North Carolina; 18 great grandchildren; two sisters, Lillie Sharp of San Angelo and Sherlyn & Don Scott of Abilene, and one sister-in-law, Doris & James Miller of Florida. Serving as pallbearers will be Harold Sharp, Terry Smith, Ronnie Miller, Ricky Woods, Joe Berry and Jimmy Don Love. Serving as honorary pallbearer will be Bill DeGasperi. Memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.