Alton L. Lambert was born in Hardin County, Tenn. on September 20, 1928, the son of the late Hubert and Verdie Hutton Lambert.
On September 23, 1995, he was united in marriage to Hazel Alice Brannon, who survives.
Mr. Lambert was a retired welder for Ace Trailer and Equipment and he also did farming. He was a member of White’s Creek Freewill Baptist Church and a lifelong voting member of the NRA. Mr. Lambert enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening and he loved his dogs, Lucy and Sadie.
He departed this life on April 2, 2013, in Savannah, Tenn. at the age of 84 years, 6 months and 13 days.
In addition to his wife, Hazel, of Gillis Mills Community, he is survived by two daughters, Wanda Rucker and her husband, David, of Hernando, Miss., and Barbara Thompson and her husband, Wayne, of Charlotte, Tenn.;
one stepdaughter, Rita Patrick and her husband, Bee, of Florence, Ala.; and one stepson, Ezra Stricklin, of Savannah, Tenn.;
three sisters, Huberta Allen and Geneva Watson, both of the Walnut Grove Community and Linda Graves, of Flint, Mich.;
five brothers, Rayburn, Mac, Jack, Tommy and Jimmy Lambert, all of the Walnut Grove Community;
seven grandchildren, Shelley Rucker, Bubba Rucker and his wife, Melanie, Eron Rucker, Mandy Hudson and her husband, Zach, Candace Sanders, Cory Sanders and his wife, Abby, and Courtney Woods and her husband, Daniel;
four great-grandchildren, Grayson Rucker, Madelyn Rucker, Ryleigh Paige Rucker and Ashton Bryne Sanders;
two stepgrandchildren, Rachel Patrick and Storme Alexander.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Lambert was also preceded in death by his first wife, Grace Fox Lambert; one daughter, Rebecca Ann Lambert; one brother, Charles Lambert; and two sisters, Louhazel Allen and Ginger Lambert.
Services will be held on April 6, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Shackelford Chapel in Savannah, Tenn., with Jimmy McGee and Donnie Allen officiating. Burial will follow in the Hollands Creek Cemetery at Hardin County, Tenn.
Shackelford Funeral Directors, 450 Church Street, Savannah, TN 38372, (731) 925-4000.
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