| | 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> | | 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, 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/> | + | 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 Hamilton, formerly Jane Goff (1945-2018) of Campbellsville,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cknj/obituary.aspx?n=jane-hope-hamilton&pid=188387048&fhid=15717|title=Jane Hope Hamilton|publisher=''Central Kentucky News-Journal''|accessdate=March 10, 2018}}</ref> 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/> |