Charles Edward Hamm, age 52, of McBrayer Road, Clearfield, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Kentucky.

Born April 4, 1956, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Oscar Levi Weldon Hamm and Darcus Virginia McKenzie Hamm. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Arnold Lee Hamm on January 4, 2007; one sister, Geneva Hamm on October 14, 2007; and one half sister, Dorothy Vanlandingham in 1971.

Charlie is survived by his fiancée, Margo Collins of Morehead, Kentucky, and her daughter Nova ; two daughters, Chasity Anne Hamm of Clearfield, Kentucky, and Rachel Nicole Carroll of Olive Hill, Kentucky; and seven grandchildren, Morgan, Madison, Jesse, Alexis, Jasmine, Taylor, and Stevie.

Other survivors include four sisters, Eula Crisp, Beulah Holbrook, Betty Day, and Lynda Bates, all of Morehead, Kentucky; three brothers, David Hamm of Salt Lick, Kentucky, Howard Hamm of New Paris, Ohio, and Oscar Hamm, Jr. of Nicholasville, Kentucky; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Charles was a self-employed rock mason. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, scouting the woods for herbs, and the magazines, Fur, Fish and Game and Good Old Days. He also loved spending time with family and friends and playing the guitar at get-togethers.

Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, April 18, 2008, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Harley Sexton, Jr., and Evangelist Joe Fraley officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be James Holbrook, Joe Fraley, Brandon Ferrell, Billy Bates, Joe Slone, Ernie Holbrook, Mark Hamm, and Bobby Hamm. Visitation is after 5 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2008, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals.