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Visitation:
Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Quiram-Peasley Funeral
Home from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Funeral home:
Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Homer L. Hamblin, Jr., 83, of
Atlanta, passed away at his home on Tuesday, July
19, 2022.
Visitation for Homer will be on Saturday, July 23,
2022, at Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m.
– 1:30 p.m.
Cremation Rites will be accorded. Burial will be at
the Atlanta Cemetery at a later date.
Homer Lee Hamblin, Jr., was born November 24, 1938,
in Chestnut, the son of Homer Lee and Mary Roberta
“Peggy” Reynolds Hamblen, Sr. He was united in
marriage to Roslie Kaup on July 30, 1956. She
survives.
Homer is also survived by their children: Gayle
Hamblin, Laurie Hamblin, and Jim (Melissa) Hamblin;
daughter in law, Hortense Hamblin; eight
grandchildren: Josie (Lance) Warren, Andrea (Matt
Armstrong) England, Daniel Hamblin, Tracy (Jason)
Trimble, Leigh (Jimmie) Barr, Kyson Hamblin, Jamie
Hamblin, and Meagan Hamblin; 11 great-grandchildren:
Shawnee, Cayden, Adalynn, Aubrey, Aaron, Kaine,
Seth, Kahle, Landen, Ryker, and Carlee; and two
brothers: Gary (Julie) Hamblen and Gordon Ray
(Connie) Hamblen; special niece Mary Hamblen and
nephew Charles Hamblen. |
He was preceded in death by one son:
Mark Hamblin and one sister: Mary Kay Hamblin.
Homer worked for his in-laws at Kaup’s grocery store
in Atlanta. In 1981, he and Roslie bought the
grocery store and renamed it Hamblin’s Superette.
After he retired, he worked for Eminence Township
and the City of Atlanta. He belonged to the Atlanta
United Methodist Church and was a Cubs and Bears
fan. Homer was also a long-time volunteer for the
Hawes Elevator historical site in Atlanta.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the
Hawes Elevator or Atlanta Rescue Squad.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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