William Hamby

William �Billy� Hamby, 83, of Cartersville passed away Saturday, June 11, 2011 at Cartersville Medical Center. Born on June 10, 1928 he was the son of the late Readle Anvros Hamby and the late Bonnie Lee Hamby. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Alec Anvros Hamby, and Leonard Hamby.



Billy was employed as an iron worker with Local 387 Atlanta. He was a fifty-eight year member of the Cartersville Masonic Lodge 63 and a fifty-eight year member of the Scottish Rite Masons. Billy loved to hunt, fish, and camp. He loved to plant and work in his garden and was always searching for more light.



Survivors include his wife, Syble Ruth Fowler Hamby; his daughter, Syble Denise Hamby Perkins Nation; his sons, William David Hamby, and Tony Eugene Hamby; his grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; his daughter-in-law, Tonya Denise Ray Hamby Price; his brothers, Carol Wilford Hamby, of Emerson, Kennith Lon Hamby of Murphy, North Carolina, Wayne Lewis Hamby of Murphy, North Carolina, and Daniel Hamby of Murphy, North Carolina; his sisters, Juanita Hamby Shelton of Bassett, Virginia, Regina Hamby Stiles of Murphy, North Carolina, Betty Joe Hamby of Murphy, North Carolina, Linda Kay Hamby of Murphy, North Carolina, and Lucille Lynn Hamby of Murphy, North Carolina; his brother-in-law, Daniel Vernon and his family of Atco, Georgia; and his sister-in-law, Gwendolyn Sue Fowler Keever Woodliff, and family.



Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2011 in the chapel of Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services with the Rev. Crawford Greeson officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens with full Masonic rites.



The family will receive friends from 6 � 9 p.m. on Tuesday at Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 430 Cassville Rd., Cartersville, GA 30120.



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