Anna R. Hamilton

Anna was born on the 28th of January 1937, in Nashville, Tennessee. She and her husband Chuck were always ready for adventure and travelled extensively all over the world. Her real life vocation, however, was family and the worship of the Lord through her church. It was for many years at Grace Baptist in Nashville where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school. When her daughter Jamie moved to Houston, so did Anna. It did not take Jamie and Anna long to find Second Baptist, which became the family’s spiritual home. Anna volunteered in a variety of church and school administrative positions at Second Baptist. She often worked in the school library, but for some reason, only on the days that her grandson Harrison would be scheduled to visit. She especially loved her Joy of Living Bible class, which she attended for eight years. Anna loved the Lord, loved her husband Chuck, adored and was best friends with her only child, Jamie. She felt her only grandson, Harrison, was her perfect “sweet boy”. You would always see her at every concert, awards ceremony or athletic event that Harrison was involved in. She loved deeply and without reservation, and was fiercely strong, and protective of those she loved. Although she lived in Houston for 35 years, a large part of her heart remained in Tennessee. The Smokey Mountains was her favorite place to visit, and always had to stop along the way to put her feet in the creek. To say she will be dearly missed seems lacking in verbiage, but says it all.

Anna was preceded in death by her father, Cheatam Glenn; mother, Rachel Beazley; brother, Tom Beazley; and most recently, her best friend of 42 years, Betty Greene of Nashville, Tennessee. She is survived by her loving husband Chuck; daughter, Jamie Coons and her husband Ken, and their son Harrison; brother, Roger Beazley; sister, Gloria Mellor; brother-in-law, Danny Harrison and his wife Tula; stepson, Steve Hamilton, M.D. and his partner Tom; stepdaughter, Holly Kutalek and her husband John, their son, Chris, and daughter Kimberly Kutalek Williams; stepdaughter, Dana McMahon and her husband Sean, their sons, Jake and Luke; great stepchildren, Payton Medlock and Kaysen Buchanan, Tim and Cindi Ernest of New Orleans, Louisiana; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and friends; and lastly, her loving canine companion, Coco.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o'clock this afternoon until eight o'clock this evening, Wednesday, the 2nd of January, in the Jasek Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston.

A memorial service, celebrating her life, is to be conducted at one o’clock in the afternoon on Thursday, the 3rd of January, in the Hankhamer Chapel of Second Baptist Church, 6400 Woodway Drive in Houston, where Rev. Jeff Calhoun, Minister for Pastoral Care, is to officiate. Immediately following, all are invited to greet the family during a reception in the nearby Deacons' Parlor.

Prior to the service, the family will have gathered for a private interment at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston.

In lieu of customary remembrances the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions in Mrs. Hamilton’s name be directed to the Women’s Ministries or school library at Second Baptist Church, 6400 Woodway Dr., Houston, TX, 77057.