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