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Joy Currin Hampton

1931-2018

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Mrs. Joy Currin Hampton, 87, of Hollow Rock, Tennessee died Saturday, September 15, 2018 at the Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

Funeral services are Monday, September 17, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Carroll Memorial Gardens. Bro. Terry Bradshaw and Bro Jimmy Furr will officiate the service.

Pallbearers who will serve are Stephen Davis, Tyler Davis, Dylan Hunt, David Carter, Brian Hampton and Michael Smith.

The family will receive friends in the Cherry Wood Room of Chase Funeral Home on Sunday from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and on Monday from 11:00 AM until time of service

Mrs. Hampton was born August 7, 1931 in Greenfield, Tennessee to the late John Monroe Ray and Thelma (Cole) Ray. She was a retired supervisor for the Wilker Brothers Pajama Factory in McKenzie and had also worked for the W. S. Wormser Company in Bradford. She was a faithful member of the Prospect Baptist Church in Hollow Rock, she loved to crochet and entering items in the exhibit hall of the Carroll County Fair. Besides her parents, she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Everett “Tarpin” Currin, who died in 1986, her daughter, Debra Currin Ashby, one brother, John Thomas Ray, two sisters, Jo Jenkins and Jean McClure, and her second husband, Eldon Hampton who died in 2017.

She is survived by one son, Stanley Ray Currin (wife Suzanne) of McKenzie, two sisters, Shirley Caudle of Greenfield, Linda Bevis (husband Glenn) of Florence, Alabama. She also leaves three grandchildren, Betsy Currin Davis (husband Anthony), Heather Currin Moore (husband Matthew) both of McKenzie, Bradley Morris Ashby (wife Jennifer) of Huntingdon, Seven great grandchildren, Stephen Anthony Davis, Taylor Nichole Davis, Tyler Everett Davis, Sydney Lynn Davis, Ryliegh Faith Davis, Liam Wilder Moore and Hunter Edward Ashby; one step son, Gary Hampton (wife Wanda) of Hollow Rock, two step grandchildren and three step great grandchildren.