Eighth Generation

11717. Jeremiah Russell Hampton was born on 8 May 1902 in Watauga Co., NC. Jeremiah died in Watauga Co., NC on 21 December 1954 coronary thrombosis Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens in Boone, Watauga Co., NC in December 1954 .^33541,33542

Jeremiah Russell Hampton and Fannie Lee Herman were married on 25 December 1921 in Watauga Co., NC.³³⁵⁴³ Fannie Lee Herman, daughter of Carroll Marvin Herman and Essie Loaney Coffey, was born on 2 March 1906 in Watauga Co., NC.³³⁵⁴⁴ Fannie died in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 18 July 1990 and was buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens in Boone, Watauga Co., NC in July 1990 .^33545,33546

Jeremiah Russell Hampton and Fannie Lee Herman had the following children:

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Jordan Reed "J. R." Hampton was born on 16 January 1938 in Watauga Co., NC. Jordan died on 4 December 2007 at the age of 69 in Temple Terrace, Hillsborough Co., FL and was buried at Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.

Obituary, The Watauga Democrat, Boone, Watauga Co., NC, Dec. 7, 2007

Mr. J.R. Hampton, 69, of Tampa, Fla., and Winston-Salem, a native and former resident of Watauga County, died Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 4, 2007, at Life Path Hospice in Temple Terrace, Fla.

He was born Jan. 16, 1938 in Watauga County, a son of the late Russell and Fannie Herman Hampton.

Mr. Hampton was a retired operations manager or Four Brothers Convenient Stores in North Carolina.

Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Coulter Hampton; three sons, Jerry Lee Hampton and wife, Paula, of Ingleside, Texas, Jordan Russell Hampton, Jr. and wife, Karen, of Land O' Lakes, Fla., and James F. Hampton and wife, Jill, of Tampa; one daughter, Tammy R. Bowers and husband, Darren, of Mocksville, N.C.; seven grandsons, Brandon K. Hampton of Ingleside, Texas, Larry McDonald of Yadkinville, N.C., Brian R. Hampton of Corpus Christi, Texas, Kyle J. Hampton, Jillian M. Hampton, and Jordan Russell Hampton, all of Tampa, Fla., and Robert Tijerina of Mocksville, N.C.; four granddaughters, Helen L. Hampton of Ingleside, Texas, Candice N. Terrell of Land O' Lakes, Fla., Tiffany Tijerina of Booneville, and Kayla Tijerina of Mocksville, N.C.; two sisters, Beulah “Boots” Southerland of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Verdola Cook and husband, Gary Morgan, of Boone; and one brother, Wendell Hampton and wife, Shirley, of Pfafftown. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Dawn Shepherd and Mabel “Beth” Trivett.