Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Monday, May 21, 2007

Hubert Hillmon Shoemaker

Hubert Hillmon Shoemaker, 78, of Laurel, died Sunday, May 20, 2007, at the Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.

Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with burial to follow in Sharon Cemetery.

He was a Naval Reserve Veteran, and avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed farming and gardening.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Rivers Shoemaker; sister, Portia Sims; brothers, Curtis Shoemaker and Robert Earl Shoemaker.

He is survived by two daughters, Debbie Shoemaker and Rhonda Branch and her husband, Terry; son, Webster Shoemaker and his wife, Michele; grandchildren, Heather Schmitt, Brandy Bice, Jeremiah Branch, Natasha Bice, Lacey Branch, Melanie Sandifer and Andrew Westbrook; great grandchildren, Kyle Schmitt, Loren Schmitt, Julie Bice, Chloe Bice and Riley Bice; two brothers, Austin Shoemaker and Dewitt Shoemaker.

Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.