Gertrude Maxwell Hamm

Mrs. Gertrude Maxwell (Maxie) Hamm, age 76, of Pounding Mill, Va., went to be with the Lord on Nov. 30, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Pounding Mill and was the daughter of the late Marvin Henry Garland and Mattie Beatrice Cooley Mulkey. Maxie was a former employee of Clinch Valley Clinic and K-Mart. She enjoyed life to its fullest. She loved to travel and meet new people. Over the course of several years, Maxie and Dennis have traveled to many different places and made a host of friends from all different walks of life. She was a member of the Pounding Mill Christian Church. Maxie leaves behind a family and a host of friends that loved her dearly. She will be greatly missed by each person's life she has touched over the years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, James and Gertrude Burress Mulkey; her maternal grandparents, George Tucker and Myrtle Maxwell Cooley; and three nephews, Mark White, Rocky and Joe Bill Tickles. Survivors are: her husband of 54 years, Dennis Ray Hamm; two sisters: Sue White and husband, Doug, of Bluefield, Va., Brenda Altizer and husband, Buddy, of Pounding Mill, Va.; brother-in-law: Jack Hamm and wife, Mona, of Cedar Bluff, Va.; sisters-in-law: Betty Hunter and husband, Marion, of Abingdon, Va. and Katrina (Sis) Tickle of Lenexa, Kan.; 11 nieces; seven nephews; and special friends, Clarence and Bea Boyd, Sherry Meadows; and special cousin, Delores Mulkey, also survive. Funeral services for Gertrude Maxwell Hamm will be conducted Wed., Dec. 3, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands, Va., with the Rev. Bill Fletcher officiating. Interment will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be: Tim White, David White, Kenny Hagy, Rex Tickles, Charles Tickles, Stanley Hamm, Richard Hamm, Leon Cunningham, Brad Thayer, and Johnny Hamm. Honorary pallbearers will be: Clarence Boyd, Jr. and Dr. William C. Hunter. Friends called after 6:00 p.m. Tues. evening, Dec. 2, at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Va. Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Va., is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to express sympathy online may do at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com .