Mr. James Horace Hampton

Home Going Celebration In Loving Memory Of James Horace Hampton: Willie Lee Hampton and Thera Jean (Meredith) Hampton of Florence, Alabama welcomed the fourth of their five children on February 13, 1959. His parents bestowed onto him the name “James Horace Hampton,” which was the name of his paternal grandfather. As a young child James moved with his mother and siblings to Detroit, Michigan in 1969 and started his formal education in the Detroit Public School System and was reared in the Baptist faith by his mother. James would occasionally visit Unity Baptist Church and had engaged in many conversations with the late Rev. Dr. Valmon D. Stotts. Affectionally known as “Horace” by his family and called “James” by his friends. He was employed for several years with Ford Motors Corporation as an assembly worker at the Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti, MI. James loved and enjoyed life, he was well known for his famous greeting “My Brother” and “My Sista.” James was a kind- hearted, warm affectionate person who never met a stranger and would be the first to offer his shirt off his back. James was known as the “Jack Of All Trades and The Master Of None," but that did not discourage him from attempting to help someone in need. He enjoyed dancing, if the atmosphere at a party was boring or not jumping, he had a “special finesse” about himself to persuade others to get up and dance. He would say “a party over here and others would respond no party over here and sometimes that’s all it took. He then would reply “now we are on and popping like popcorn." James enjoyed all types of sports activities, especially watching Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons basketball games, an avid bowler, loved watching the Williams sisters playing tennis, and a fanatic for Bruce Lee and Western movies and grilling. However, his first love was fishing. We can recall seeing him in the rain, using a flash light and looking through the grass picking up long night crawlers to fish with but not before he frightened us with the worms. When his son Niriest was born, he was totally overjoyed but later on here comes the apples of his eyes. Grandson: Jaden Edward and Granddaughter: London Jean; saying I have a boy and a girl. “WHAT A GREAT PAIR.” He enjoyed every minute with them. James was fondly called Vandaddy (granddaddy), by London. Another son Marquise, two grandsons: Markeast, Jr. and Marquavion. James Horace was preceded in death by his parents; maternal and paternal grandparents. Johnny Williams, James’ baby brother who shared a very special bond as kids and throughout their adulthood, so strong of a bond; that James and Johnny left this world to be with the Lord, on the same day “December 23,” exactly six years apart.

Mr. James Horace Hampton

February 13, 1959 - December 23, 2015