Edward H. Hamilton Jr., DDS

Edward H. Hamilton, Jr., DDS

Leesburg, FL

Edward H. Hamilton, Jr., DDS, age 90, died on April 5, 2016, in Leesburg, FL. He is most remembered for his orthodontic practice throughout the Knoxville area. Ed was a graduate of old Knoxville High School, Class of 1944. Dr. Hamilton graduated from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he was a Sigma Chi. At the University of Tennessee, Memphis, he obtained his DDS degree followed by orthodontic training at the University of Illinois, Chicago. During his career, Dr. Hamilton served as a clinician at the Division of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky in Lexington and at the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He held the positions of Interim Chair at the Department of Orthodontics, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University in Philadelphia and at the Department of Orthodontics, Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Ed enjoyed barbershop music, fishing, hiking, skiing, skydiving, and tennis.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Edward (Pop) H. Hamilton, Sr. and Annarine Atkins Hamilton; and sisters, Shirley Farnham and Sylvia Williams. Dr. Hamilton is survived by his wife, Cynthia Z. Hamilton, of Leesburg, FL; sister, Joan Hamilton of West Chesterfield, NH; children: Edward (Ward) H. Hamilton, III (Diane) of Sevierville, TN; Mary H. Deaton (Dr. Jeff) of Winston-Salem, NC; Beverly H. Wilson (George "Gaff") of Delmar, DE; Taylor Hamilton (Julia) of Knoxville, TN; and Karen A. Phelps (Robin) of Capitola, CA. He is fondly remembered by his 10 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren as Doo-Dad. He is also survived by Jane Peters Hamilton of Knoxville, TN.

The family will have a private burial with military honors for his service in the Navy during WW II. In April 2014, Dr. Hamilton participated in an Honor Flight to the WW II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Memorials may be made to the Villages Honor Flight, Inc., PO Box 490, Lady Lake, FL 32158 or online at www.villageshonorflight.org.