Wallace Dale Hamilton, Sr., 81, of Springfield, passed from this life on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at Creekside Rehabilitation Center in Madison.
Dale was born June 27, 1943, in Waverly, to the late Leslie and Ethel Carter Hamilton.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Dale was the owner of Hamilton Marketing Corporation. He started out by owning the Adairville Dairy Dip, the Guthrie Dairy Dip, Dale’s Market in Eastland Heights, Robertson County Plumbing Company, Dale’s Westside Cee-Bee, DJ’s Market where he sold DJ burgers, and then his property management holdings. Dale loved to play golf and he enjoyed gardening, his hummingbirds, and was an avid Vanderbilt fan. For all that knew him, Dale was always known for his Cigar’s.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother: Dorris Hamilton.
Dale is survived by his children: Michelle (Robert) George of Pleasant View, Melissa (Ray) Tate of Hendersonville, and Wallace Dale “DJ” Hamilton, Jr., of Springfield, by his grandchildren: Kaity McArthur, Jason George, Bobby George, Justin George, Dustin George, Caroline Tate, Reagan Tate, and Noah Hamilton, by his 13 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren, by his brother: Ernest (Laura) Hamilton of Waverly, and by his sisters: Vinita Knight of Murfreesboro and Melba (Tony) Wiggins of New Johnsonville.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 11th at 10:00 a.m. in the Oakhurst Chapel of the Robertson County Funeral Home with Tim Harris officiating. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. on Friday in the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Waverly with Noah Hamilton, Joe Landrum, Steve McArthur, Ray Tate, Robert George, John Tolson, and Kevin Reed serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Justin George, Dustin George, Jason George, Scott Knight, Ritchie Bivens, and Bobby George. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Friday from 9:00 a.m. until service time. https://www.robertsoncountyfuneralhome.com
If so desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project and may be sent c/o the Robertson County Funeral Home.
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