Georgetown:
William "Wila" Ancel Hamer, Jr., 58, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Hamer was born in Marion on October 19, 1949, a son of Lama McDaniel Hamer and the late William Ancel Hamer. He was a graduate of Winyah High School and received a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Hamer was co-owner of Frank L. Siau Insurance Agency for 28 years. He was a former teacher and coached baseball and football for Georgetown County School District for 7 years. Mr. Hamer also coached basketball and baseball for the Georgetown County Parks and Recreation Department.
Mr. Hamer was the first President of the Georgetown Auditorium Preservation Society. He was a member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church, where he was formerly on the Administrative Board and taught Sunday School for a time.
Surviving are: his wife, Angela Morris Hamer of Georgetown; two sons, William Matthew Hamer and Jonathan Morris Hamer, both of Georgetown; his mother of Georgetown; a brother, W. Ronald Hamer and his wife Mable of Tatum; and a sister, Charlotte Hamer Moulton and her husband Wallace of Hemingway.
Funeral services will be five o'clock Thursday evening, August 14, 2008, at Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Dr. G. Edward Usher. Burial will follow in Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens.
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The family will receive friends at the Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home Wednesday evening, August 13, 2008, from six until eight.
Memorials may be made to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, South Carolina Chapter, 107 W. Park Blvd., Suite 150, Columbia, SC 29210.
Funeral Home:
Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home
222 Saint James Street
Georgetown, SC
US 29440