Rev Charles Pinckney “Charley” Hamby Sr.

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Rev Charles Pinckney “Charley” Hamby Sr.

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
11 Sep 1951 (aged 74)
Alabama, USA
Burial
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Plot
Block 19 Plot 83
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Rev. C.P. Hamby, Sr. married twice, first to Zadie Allen, with whom he had seven children. His second wife was Louie Ann Williams, with whom he had five children. He is buried with his first wife and two of their children. At a different location in the same cemetery, his second wife and two of their children are buried.Charlie Hamby followed quite a family tradition by becoming a Methodist preacher in 1908. He was the son of George W. Hamby and Laura Frances Clark Hamby, who was the daughter of William W. Clark and Louisa Taylor Clark. Louisa's father was the Rev. Isaac Taylor, one of a trio of brothers who were Methodist circuit riders emerging from a Methodist society in the Clay, Alabama area.He was known for being a passionate evangelist, once famously carrying pistols into the pulpit to ward off town bootleggers attempting to disrupt his revival services to restart a disbanded church in State Line, Alabama. He met his second wife, Louie Ann Williams, when preaching a revival at the Bridgeport Methodist Church. She was a local schoolteacher and postmistress in town. Charlie Hamby had children and grandchildren who became Methodist preachers as well.First wife: Zadie AllenTheir children were:Laura Willie Hamby SheltonJettie F. Hamby LaceyJohn Foust HambyHenry Gatlin HambyRichmond Pearson HambyRuth Meriam Hamby BinkleyJames Earle HambySecond wife: Louie Ann WilliamsTheir children were: Dorothy Eleanor Hamby CartlegeMarvin Haynes HambyRev. Warren Candler Hamby, Sr.Rev. Charles Pinkney Hamby, Jr.Betty Jean Hamby West
Rev. C.P. Hamby, Sr. married twice, first to Zadie Allen, with whom he had seven children. His second wife was Louie Ann Williams, with whom he had five children. He is buried with his first wife and two of their children. At a different location in the same cemetery, his second wife and two of their children are buried.Charlie Hamby followed quite a family tradition by becoming a Methodist preacher in 1908. He was the son of George W. Hamby and Laura Frances Clark Hamby, who was the daughter of William W. Clark and Louisa Taylor Clark. Louisa's father was the Rev. Isaac Taylor, one of a trio of brothers who were Methodist circuit riders emerging from a Methodist society in the Clay, Alabama area.He was known for being a passionate evangelist, once famously carrying pistols into the pulpit to ward off town bootleggers attempting to disrupt his revival services to restart a disbanded church in State Line, Alabama. He met his second wife, Louie Ann Williams, when preaching a revival at the Bridgeport Methodist Church. She was a local schoolteacher and postmistress in town. Charlie Hamby had children and grandchildren who became Methodist preachers as well.First wife: Zadie AllenTheir children were:Laura Willie Hamby SheltonJettie F. Hamby LaceyJohn Foust HambyHenry Gatlin HambyRichmond Pearson HambyRuth Meriam Hamby BinkleyJames Earle HambySecond wife: Louie Ann WilliamsTheir children were: Dorothy Eleanor Hamby CartlegeMarvin Haynes HambyRev. Warren Candler Hamby, Sr.Rev. Charles Pinkney Hamby, Jr.Betty Jean Hamby West

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