Mattie Eudora Hamilton

Mattie Eudora Hamilton, age 91, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 19, 2024, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be held on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at Sunset Funeral Home. Family will receive friends at 10:00AM followed by a Celebration of Life in the chapel at 11:00 AM with Pastor Ed Golden officiating.

She was preceded in death by her parents Rufus Zebedee and Nellie Nelmar Akins; son, Billy Ray Colburn; siblings Ruth Teasley (Leonard), Sue Johnson (Junior), Sara Franklin Hardy (Chuck/Forrest), R.Z. Akins (Martha), Maggie Carter (David), Ann Burroughs Emerson (Wallace/Martin), Raymond Akins and Jerry Akins; granddaughter, Sandra Cordia, granddaughter-in-love; Kimberly Lane Colburn; great-granddaughters; Katelyn Cordia and Madison Wheat.

She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Harold Hamilton; sons, Ronnie Colburn (Diane), Danny Hamilton (Donna) and Wayne Hamilton; daughter-in-love, Sharon Ott; sisters-in-law, Linda Akins and Caroline Akins; grandchildren, Stephen Colburn, Aimmee Ryan (Bruce), Amanda Bishop (Chris), Shelia Melendez, Sonya Lathum, Billy E. Colburn (Amanda), Kim Colburn Jones (Jon), Matthew Hamilton, Nicole Hamilton, Jerry Hamilton and Sarah Richardson (Scotty), twenty great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandsons and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Pallbearers will be Michael Akins, Jason Akins, Michael Beck, Steve Beck, Roger Burroughs and Billy E. Colburn. Honorary Pallbearers are family and friends of Robertson Chapel Baptist Church. Special thanks to the kindness and care of DCH MICU physicians and nurses.

She loved the Lord, her family and friends dearly, hosted family gatherings with a traditional southern holiday meal, a fish fry or a BBQ, enjoyed gardening, fishing, hummingbirds, Alabama football and gospel music. She retired from Phifer Inc. and was an active lifetime member of Robertson Chapel Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Robertson Chapel Baptist Church.

Sunset Brown-Service Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, is honored to serve the Hamilton family during their time of bereavement. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.SunsetBrown-Funeral.com

…The Lord has promised good to me,

His Word my hope secures;

He will my Shield and Portion be,

As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,

And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess, within the veil,

A life of joy and peace…

- Amazing Grace