OBITUARY

Horace Hamby

FORKLAND, Ala. — Mr. Horace Wyatt Hamby, 71, died Feb. 6, 2018, at Bryan Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis, Alabama. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday at Bethel Church of Christ with Eddie Finch officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 10-11:30 a.m. at the church prior to the service. Mr. Hamby was born in Fayette, Alabama on April 12, 1946, to Willa Dean Sewell and the late David Wyatt Hamby. He was formerly employed as a school teacher. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his son, Anthony Hamby. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his daughter, Amy Crain of Toccoa, Georgia; stepbrothers, Jimmy Sewell and Jerry Sewell; stepsister, Marsha Harrell; and three grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Tim Crain, Alex Crain, Hunter Crain, Lloyt Lawrence, Jimmy Sewell and Jerry Sewell.

Appeared in The Commercial Dispatch on February 9, 2018