Marcus Hamilton

SALISBURY - Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Marcus Tyrone Hamilton, 38, of Salisbury, will be conducted Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at 1 p.m., at the Mary B. Bigham Memorial Chapel, Rutledge and Bigham Funeral Home. Rev. Roger Powell, Sr., will officiate and burial will follow in the V.A. National Cemetery, Salisbury, on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Hamilton was born in Iredell County on November 19, 1970, and was the son of Reverend James Hamilton, Sr., and Reverend Evelyn Campbell Hamilton. He departed this life on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, at the UNC-Chapel Hill Hospital. He was married to Tonya Bolder Hamilton, who survives. He was a 1989 graduate of South Iredell High School and also Mitchell Community College, where he earned a degree in Computer Engineering. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army. His hobbies included singing and drawing and he was very talented in many things. In addition to his wife, Tonya Hamilton, and his parents, Reverend James Hamilton, Sr., and Reverend Evelyn Hamilton, survivors include a son, Marquise Hamilton of Statesville; three step-sons, Willie Bolder of Kannapolis and Kelvin Robinson, both of Kannapolis and Samuel (Tecole) Bolder of Statesville; a daughter, Jasmine Hamilton of the home; five brothers, James (Candice) Hamilton, Jr., Shannon (Robin) Hamilton, John-Paul (Sonya) Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton and Tyerre Hamilton, all of Statesville; three sisters, Reverend Audra Houpe of Troutman, Erica Hamilton and Tonya Hamilton, both of Statesville; his mother-in-law, Reverend Linda Stroud of Kannapolis; his step-father-in-law, Johnny Stroud, Sr., of Kannapolis; a sister-in-law, Thilishia Bolder of Kannapolis; a brother-in-law, Roderick Huntley of Kannapolis; a god daughter, Alexis Cooper of Statesville; a host of grandchildren, nieces, including, Patrice (Gaberial) Radden of Charlotte, who he helped raised, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends. The body will remain at Rutledge and Bigham Funeral Home where members of the family will receive friends Wednesday, from noon until 1 p.m., one hour prior to the funeral hour. Notes of sympathy may be emailed to the Hamilton family at, rutledgeinc@bellsouth.net., Rutledge and Bigham Mortuary, is serving the Hamilton Family.