Funeral service for Alberta (Vest) Hampton, age 83, of Hartselle, will be Friday, October 23, 2015, 2:00 p.m. at East Highland Baptist Church with Shelton Funeral Home directing and Rev. Walter Blackman officiating. The family will receive friends for two hours prior to service. Interment will be in Roselawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Hampton, who died peacefully on Monday, October 19, 2015, at her residence,
was born May 7, 1932, in Decatur, to Floyd Vest and Fleetis Banks Vest. She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett O. Hampton.
Mrs. Hampton was a native of Morgan County, and a member of East Highland Baptist Church. She and her husband owned and operated H & S Grocery for over 38 years.
She is survived by two sons, Mark Hampton (RaJane) of Hartselle, and Keith Hampton of Ft. Myers, FL; two daughters, Debbie Romanus of Gulf Port, MS, and Teresa H. Adams of Athens; two sisters, Lavern Devoe (Dick) of Priceville, and Peggy Tidwell (Bob) of Madison; seven grandchildren, Dena Ellis (Sonny), Dustin Brooks (Heidi), Valerie Adams, Blake Hampton, Grant Hampton, Ali Lee (Caleb), and Chad Hampton; and seven great-grandchildren, Hayden Nobles, and Cade, KDJane, Serenity, and Destiny Brooks, and Lexi and Hampton Lee.
Pallbearers will be Chad Hampton, Caleb Lee, Will Lawrimore, Mike Tarpley, Hayden Nobles, and Bob Tidwell. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Devoe and Sonny Ellis.
