Donald Roy Hamill

Don was born on March 13, 1941 in Jacksonville, Florida, to parents Daniel and Blanche Hamill. He moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, in November 1946. He graduated from Chattanooga City High School in 1959 and from the University of Chattanooga in 1963. After college, Don worked for American National Bank and joined the US Army Reserve, Garrison Unit 3397. He started his public accounting career with Turnbull and Orr CPA, later partnering with Martin Orr. They merged the practice in 1993 with Thompson Rogers and Williams, and he happily retired in 2008.

Don accepted Christ as a child at St. Elmo Baptist Church. Don and Mary joined Red Bank Baptist Church in 1969, where he faithfully served as treasurer from 1977-2005. Through Red Bank Baptist, he loved volunteering with World Changers, Disaster Relief, and at Orphanage Emmanuel in Honduras, where Don and Mary met and sponsored a young girl named Yolany.

Don was fond of water skiing and boating in his younger years. He enjoyed traveling, especially beach vacations and camping trips with his children and grandchildren. Don looked forward to Wednesday morning breakfasts with his friends and listening to gospel singing with Mary each Thursday.

Don was preceded in death by his son, Jeffrey Donald, in 1982. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary Estelle Fox Hamill, his daughter, Amy Beasley (Keith) and grandsons Alex and Andrew of Auburn, Georgia; son Brian (Natasha) and grandchildren, Ivana and Daniel of Huntsville; and Jason (Cherish) and grandchildren Adelaide, Charlie, and Ellie Rae of Chattanooga. He is also survived by his sister Linda (John) Watts of Hilton Head Island and nieces, Julie (Scott) Rhoden and Nancy(Bob) Mayer; brother-in-law Steve (Monique) Fox and nephew, Tyler (Alisha) Fox.

A visitation will be held at Chattanooga Funeral Home-North Chapel, located at 5401 Highway 153, P.O. Box 9, Hixson, TN, 37343, on November 24, 2025, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.

The funeral service will follow at the same location on November 24, 2025, starting at 12:30 pm.

A committal service will take place on November 24, 2025, at Forest Hills Cemetery, located at 4016 Tennessee Ave, Chattanooga, TN, 37410.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to either Benjamin House, to keep Ugandan families together, or Mission to the World, to further the gospel. Links are down below.

Arrangements are under the care of the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson.

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