Leonard Benjamin Hampton

Leonard married Mary Etta Nave about 1914 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Ulysses Samuel Grant Nave and Orillia B. Pearce) was born on 12 Jan 1899 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 Feb 1945 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Centerview Church of Christ Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Earl Hampton, 90, of Johnson City, Tenn., passed away Monday, November 29, 2021, at Johnson City Medical Center. Earl was born in Carter County to the late Leonard Benjamin Hampton and Mary Nave Hampton. In addition to his parents, Earl was preceded in death by his loving wife of 62 years, Glenda Williams Hampton; three sisters, Ethel Hampton, Ella Mae Miller and Orlia Harrison; five brothers, Samuel Hampton, Paul Hampton, Ray Hampton, Roy Hampton and Johnny Hampton; and a special cousin, Ruth Street.
Earl graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1949. He joined the United States Army and was a First Sergeant having served in the Korean Conflict. He later served in the United States Army Reserves. Earl was the owner and operator of Hampton Homes based in Johnson City, Tenn., and built hundreds of houses in East Tennessee. He served as Board of Education member of Tennessee Bible College in Cookeville, Tenn., for 38 years. Earl read the Bible every day; he had actually read the Bible through 14 times.
Survivors include a daughter, Robbin Hampton Aesque and husband Charles of Gray, Tenn.; a son, Tony Hampton and wife Martha of Sulphur Springs, Tenn.; a brother, Jerry Hampton of Knoxville, Tenn.; a sister-in-law, Bobbie Hampton of Erwin, Tenn.; his grandchildren, Brock Aesque and Hank Hampton; one great-grandchild, Liam Jude Aesque; and a special nephew, Chuck Hampton of Charlestown, W.Va.
A private service for members of the Hampton family will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 4, in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park.

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UNICOI - John C. "Johnny" Hampton, age 84, of Unicoi, Tennessee went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 23, 2019 from the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.

Johnny was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee to the late Leonard and Mary Nave Hampton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Ray Hampton, Roy Hampton, Samuel Hampton and Paul Hampton; and three sisters, Ethel Hampton, Orlia Harrison and Ella Mae Miller.

Johnny was the former owner and operator of John's Barber Shop in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a United States Army veteran, having served his country proudly in the Korean Conflict. Johnny was a 32nd Degree Mason of the Unicoi Masonic Lodge #681 F&AM and he was a member of Grace Methodist Church of Erwin. He loved to garden, golf, loved his church and being with his children and his church family.

Those left to cherish his memory include his loving and devoted wife, Barbara Hampton, of the home; two sons, Terry L. Hampton and wife Kristin, of Gray, Tennessee and Chuck Hampton and wife Joyce, of Ranson, West Virginia; four grandchildren, Jason Hampton, of Gray, Jennifer Hampton, of Gray, Lindsey Sederstrom, of Stephen City, VA and Chelsea Hampton, of Hagerstown, Maryland; three great grandchildren, Ethan Abramot, Tristan Abramot and Oliver Sederstrom; two brothers, Earl Hampton, of Johnson City and Jerry Hampton and wife Sandy, of Knoxville, Tennessee. Several nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews, also survive.

A service to honor the life of John C. "Johnny" Hampton will be conducted at 7:00 PM on Thursday, March 28, 2019 in the Chapel of Peace at Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton with Rev. Garland James and Mr. Tony Hoss, minister, officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM in the funeral home chapel, prior to the service on Thursday.

The graveside and inurnment will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Friday, March 29, 2019 at Mountain Home National Cemetery (In the new section of the VA cemetery). Military honors will be accorded by the Carter County Honor Guard. Honorary pallbearers will be Rev. Garland James, Herschel and Barbara Scalf, Anthony and Karen Lyons, Rob and Kathy Perry, Steve and Carol McGill and Brenda and Bill Brown.