William Hamilton Obituary

HAMILTON, JR., William Entered into eternal rest on the morning of July 16, 2005, William Jackson Jack Hamilton, Jr. Residence, Isle Of Palms, SC. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral service Tuesday, July 19, 2005 Graveside Magnolia Cemetery at 10:30 o'clock. Friends may call at STUHR'S MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL Monday between five and seven o'clock. Mr. Hamilton was born June 24, 1935, in Columbia, SC the son of the late William Jackson Hamilton and Catherine Howie Hamilton and was raised in Charlotte, NC. He was Chairman of the Board of Bradham-Hamilton Advertising, Inc. He served on the Committee of 30 Charleston Travel Promotional Organization and the Coastal Carolina Boy Scouts Board and was the Founding President of the Advertising Federation of Charleston, a Silver Medal Recipient from the American Advertising Federation, and was a Past President of the Sertoma Club of Charleston. In his professional career, he was an Advertising Executive, Newspaper Publisher and Commercial Real Estate Developer. A graduate of Porter Military Academy, Mr. Hamilton earned his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University Of South Carolina. Surviving are three sons, William J. Hamilton, III and his wife, Julia Burns Hamilton of Mount Pleasant, SC, Alan Channing Hamilton and his wife, Leslee Dunnigan Hamilton of Mount Pleasant, SC, Richard Victor Hamilton of New York, NY, two grandsons, William Jackson Hamilton, IV and Alan Channing Hamilton, Jr. Memorials may be made to Lutheran Hospice, 900 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, Suite 100, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.