Clyde Hamilton, Sr.

PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY…Mr. Clyde Hamilton, Sr. (Captain, United States Army, Retired) a resident of Pikeville, Kentucky (formerly of Rocky Head Community, near Ariton), died Sunday, December 28, 2025, in Kentucky. He was 83.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, January 2, 2026, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Randall Epstein officiating. Graveside services, with full military honors, will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends from 12:00 until 1:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Millard Hamilton and Verda Little Prater; daughter, Rhonda Prater; brother, Kenny Hamilton; stepfather (Whom he referred to as DAD), Clarence Prater.

Surviving relatives include his wife, Saundra Hamilton, Pikeville, Kentucky; son, Clyde Hamilton, Jr.; two sisters, Debbie and Margie Belanger; two brothers, Ghomer Prater and Kudranski Prater.