Wade C. Hampton Jr.

Wade C. Hampton Jr. obituary, Farmerville, LA

Wade C. Hampton Jr.

Wade Hampton Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Kilpatrick Funeral Home - Ruston on Oct. 3, 2025.

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Funeral services for Wade C. Hampton, Jr. will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at Emmanuel Baptist Church under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. Officiating the service will be Bro. Paul Watts and John Roebuck. Interment will follow at Kilpatrick Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Wade was born October 1, 1944, in Delhi, Louisiana. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist church and was a Decon-Decon EMERITUS as well as a Sunday School Teacher. He loved to garden and was a Master Gardener. He is preceded in death by his parents Wade C Hampton, Sr. and Beatrice Wells Hampton, his siblings Troy D. Hampton, Iris Mayberry, and Barbara Bernard. Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife of 58 years Frances Hampton; his children Robert Wade Hampton, Steven Hampton and wife Summer, Kristi McMahan and husband Rob, Jordan Fenn and husband Josh; grandchildren Cole Ryan, Hayden Ryan, Mason Ryan, Dusty Aaron, Maddox Hampton, Willow Fenn, Kennedy Fenn, Haigen Fenn, Emily Ryan, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends. Serving as Pallbearers will be John Jinks, Maddox Hampton, Dusty Aaron, Mason Ryan, Cole Ryan and Hayden Ryan. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers are the Deacons of Emmanuel Baptist Church. Memorials be made to Daycare and Pre School at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1200 Farmerville Highway, Ruston, LA 71270 Online condolences may be extended to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com
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