Funeral services for Horace David Hamilton, 80, life- long resident of Muskogee will be held at 2:00, Friday, Nov. 6, at the Mallett Funeral Home Chapel in Wagoner with Reverend Mark Pointer officiating. Horace was born April 12, 1935 in Muskogee to his parents, Horace P. and Eula (Matlock) Hamilton. Throughout his school years he loved playing sports, especially football and baseball, until graduating from Muskogee High School in 1953. Horace served in the Oklahoma National Guard for 6 years. For over 25 years he was employed at Corning Glass Co. in Muskogee, before retiring as a Production Supervisor. In early years he continued competing in sports, playing semi-pro baseball and softball, and he built and raced go-carts and stock cars at Muskogee's Thunderbird Speedway and throughout the Midwest. Horace was a member of the Glass Workers Union and the Muskogee Moose Lodge. He also enjoyed helping to organize and participate in his class reunions. He was a true outdoorsman. He loved creating friendships and memories of hunting and fishing trips from the Colorado Rockies to the swamps of Louisiana, and he always loved to teach and share the outdoors with children and grandchildren. He always had a special place in his heart for children and pets, giving food and shelter to those who needed. After enduring a long illness, he passed away peacefully, Saturday, Oct. 31. Horace was preceded in death by his parents and by his step-father, R.C. McCammon. He is survived by his wife of almost 37 years, Pat (Followell) Hamilton of the home; his children, Cheryl O'Meillia and husband, Kevin of Ponca City, Jeff Hamilton and wife, Debi of Wagoner, Christopher Hamilton of Winder, GA and Tiarra Hamilton of the home; a sister, Barbara Ann Lomax of Highlands Ranch, CO; a sister-in-law, Billie Davis of Ft. Gibson; grandchildren, Kendell Villines, Katelyn Paston and Josh, April Watkins, Ashley Bertalot and Kevin, Kendra Hunter, Brice Martin, Caitlin Harris and Rusty, Abigail and Bianca Hamilton; great-grandchildren, Christian, Felicity, Bianca, Hendrix, Huxley, Julius, Lydia, Austin, Wyatt, Brooklyn, Jaden, Bryson, Kolbi, Kambri, Levi, Hunter and Alex; nephews, Richard Lomax and Robert Lomax; other relatives and friends. Funeral arrangements and interment in Greenhill Cemetery in Muskogee are directed by Mallett Funeral Home of Wagoner. Pallbearers will be Charlie Bowman, Herb Nichols, Dewey Watts, Paul Turley, Bill Jarrad, J.R. Salyers, and Mike Lofton.