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He was one of the first local judges to have attended the National Judicial College in Reno, [[Nevada]], at which he was the faculty advisor in 1990. He served on many boards and committees. As a member of First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church, he was from 1977 to 1978 the chairman if the First Baptist Church School just shortly after its founding. He was also active with the Shreveport Shriner’s Children’s Hospital Board, for which he established a ham [[radio]] station so that children from Latin America while undergoing treatment could communicate with their families. He was affiliated with the Council for Development of French (CODOFIL), Veterans War Memorial Committee, the International Trade Council of [[New Orleans]], and the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

He was one of the first local judges to have attended the National Judicial College in Reno, [[Nevada]], at which he was the faculty advisor in 1990. He served on many boards and committees. As a member of First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church, he was from 1977 to 1978 the chairman if the First Baptist Church School just shortly after its founding. He was also active with the Shreveport Shriner’s Children’s Hospital Board, for which he established a ham [[radio]] station so that children from Latin America while undergoing treatment could communicate with their families. He was affiliated with the Council for Development of French (CODOFIL), Veterans War Memorial Committee, the International Trade Council of [[New Orleans]], and the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

He was married for sixty-four years until his death to the former Gloria Hernandez of Barranquilla, [[Colombia]]. He was predeceased by his parents, a brother, Edward C. "Ned" Hamilton, Jr., who was the husband of the former Margaret Hightower, and a sister, Deryl Hamilton Freeman, the wife of William A. Freeman. The Hamiltons had four children,  Herbert Edward Hamilton, M.D., and wife Ruth Ann Butter of [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]; Elizabeth "Betsy" Hamilton Woodall of [[Austin]], [[Texas]]; Gloria Elaine Hamilton of Shreveport, and Patricia Gayle Hamilton of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], Texas. The couple had seven grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>

He was married for sixty-four years until his death to the former Gloria Hernandez of Barranquilla, [[Colombia]]. He was predeceased by his parents, a brother, Edward C. "Ned" Hamilton, Jr., who was the husband of the former Margaret Hightower, and a sister, Deryl Hamilton Freeman, the wife of William A. Freeman. The Hamiltons had four children,  Herbert Edward Hamilton, M.D., and wife Ruth Ann Butter of [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]; Elizabeth "Betsy" Hamilton Woodall of [[Austin]], [[Texas]]; Gloria Elaine Hamilton of Shreveport, and Patricia Gayle Hamilton of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], Texas. The couple had seven grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>