Richard Lee Hampton

Mr. Richard Lee Hampton, 62, of Mt. Pleasant Church Rd., Blairsville, Ga., died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in the Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness.

Mr. Hampton was born March 23, 1945 in Cherokee County, N.C., the son of Odith Warren and the late Kenneth Hampton. He was a lifelong resident of Union County. He was the owner and operator of Hampton Well Drilling for more than 40 years and along with his son Randy, were the first in the area to do hydro-fracting of wells, which they started in 1985. Richard was very active in the community. His favorite pasttimes were hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Scotty Hampton and two brothers, Billy and Walter Hampton. Mr. Hampton was of the Baptist faith.

Surviving Mr. Hampton is his loving wife of 30 years, Jo Hannah Hampton of Blairsville; mother, Odith Ballew; son, Randy Hampton; daughters and sons-inlaw, Debra Hampton, Rehnee and Cliff Herr, Teresa and Joey Colwell, all of Blairsville; step daughters and sons-in laws, Telida and Tommy Lovell of Blairsville, Tammy and Mark Robinson of Brewton, Ala., Renee' and Jeff Hanna of Flowery Branch, Ga.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Boyd and Becky Hampton of Conyers, Ken and Carol Hampton of La.,

Cecil and Pearl Warren of

Andrews, N.C.; sister,

Pauline Ernest of

Douglasville; grandchildren,

Brandy and

Christopher Hampton, Larry (Trey) and Sandra

Law, Jessica and Cliff

Herr Jr., Tyler

Henderson, Julia Colwell,

Jason, Adam and Todd

Robinson, Zachary Lovell,

Matt and Bethany Hannah; many other relatives and friends also survive.

Funeral services were held Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 2 p.m. from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Stacy Dyer and Rev. Charles Abernathy officiating. Special music was presented by Michael Kennedy and Mindy Combs. Pallbearers were Randy Hampton, Chad Sisum Keith Brewer, Tim Odom, Michael Kennedy, Tommy and Greg Hampton and Mike Dillard. Honorary pallbearers were Jason, Adam and Todd Robinson, Christopher Hampton, Zachary Lovell, Trey Law, Tyler Henderson, Matt Hanna, Cliff Herr Jr. and Rodney Hampton. Interment followed in the Jones Cemetery.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome. com.