George T. Hampton Jr.

GEORGE T. HAMPTON JR., 88, OF ROBESON TWP. George T. Hampton Jr., 88, of Robeson Twp., Berks County, died Friday, July 8, 2011 at 10:30 p.m. in Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He was the husband of Bernice Alvine (Coffey) Hampton at home. Born in Stowe, he was a son of the late George T. Hampton Sr. and the late Ellen I. (Smith) Hampton. George was a self-employed Auctioneer for over 50 years and also managed the Hampton Family Baumstown Market and Auction until the mid 1970s. An Army Veteran of WW II, George was also a Life Member of Good Fellowship Riding Club, Monocacy; Life Member of Gibraltar Fire Co., and a member of the Birdsboro Sportsmen Club. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, George Ronald Hampton, husband of Dolores Hampton of Exeter Twp., Berks Co.; daughters, Beverly, wife of Dennis Killian of Birdsboro, and Bonnie, wife of Patrick Cuccaro of Douglassville; brother, Eugene Hampton of Union Twp., Berks Co.; sister, Betty J. Imes of Douglassville; seven grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two sisters, Cecelia Collins and Kathleen Hess. Services will be held Friday, July 15, 2011 at 10 a.m. at the Dengler Funeral Home, Inc., 144 N. Spruce Street, Birdsboro. Viewing will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, July 14, 2011 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Gibraltar. Memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veterans-DAV Chapter 10, PO Box 14626, Reading, PA 19612. Dengler Funeral Home, Inc., Birdsboro, PA is in charge of the arrangements.