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In 1971, the Business and Professional Women's Club of Campbellsville recognized Hamilton as the outstanding educator in Taylor County for that year. Campbellsville College students honored him for three successive years by presenting the award on which was written, “The Most Popular Professor." The Alumni Association of Campbellsville established the L. M. Hamilton Scholarship in his honor.<ref name=obit/>
In 1971, the Business and Professional Women's Club of Campbellsville recognized Hamilton as the outstanding educator in Taylor County for that year. Campbellsville College students honored him for three successive years by presenting the award on which was written, “The Most Popular Professor." The Alumni Association of Campbellsville established the L. M. Hamilton Scholarship in his honor.<ref name=obit/>
Hamilton had a special interest in old musical instruments and their restoration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://passtheword.ky.gov/item/interview-lm-hamilton|title=Interview with L. M. Hamilton|date=July 19, 1978|publisher=Passtheword.ky.gov|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}</ref>
On July 10, 1938, he wed the former Mildred Woodruff (June 14. 1919 – May 4, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104803930/Mildred-W.-Hamilton|title=Mildred W. Hamilton|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 11, 2017}}</ref> in her native Georgetown. Mildred was a former cheerleader, played the [[guitar]] and [[clarinet]], and sang, danced, and tap danced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afterlife.co/us/obituary-campbellsville-mildred-woodruff-hamilton-2151199|title=Mildred Woodruff Hamilton|accessdate=December 11, 2017}}</ref> The couple had four children: Suetta Williamson of Georgetown, Jerry Thomas Hamilton of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Jane Hope Goff of Campbellsville, and Joy Ruth Hale of [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. He also had seven grandchildren. Services were conducted on April 14, 1991, at Campbellsville Baptist Church, with Dr. [[James Edward Jones]] and Dr. [[J. Chester Badgett]] officiating.<ref name=obit/>
On July 10, 1938, Hamilton wed the former Mildred Woodruff (June 14. 1919 – May 4, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104803930/Mildred-W.-Hamilton|title=Mildred W. Hamilton|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 11, 2017}}</ref> in her native Georgetown. Mildred was a former cheerleader, played the [[guitar]] and [[clarinet]], and sang, danced, and tap danced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afterlife.co/us/obituary-campbellsville-mildred-woodruff-hamilton-2151199|title=Mildred Woodruff Hamilton|accessdate=December 11, 2017}}</ref> The couple had four children: Suetta Williamson of Georgetown, Jerry Thomas Hamilton of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Jane Hope Goff of Campbellsville, and Joy Ruth Hale of [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. He also had seven grandchildren. Services were conducted on April 14, 1991, at Campbellsville Baptist Church, with Dr. [[James Edward Jones]] and Dr. [[J. Chester Badgett]] officiating.<ref name=obit/>
L. M. and Mildred Hamilton are interred at Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville.<ref name=obit/>
L. M. and Mildred Hamilton are interred at Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville.<ref name=obit/>