Mike Hamilton

David Michael Hamilton- Mike, 72, of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, died Friday April 19, 2024, surround by his loving family. A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday April 22, 2024, at the Tishomingo Church of the Nazarene, officiated by Rev. Richard Sowder. A service will also be held at the Waterloo Church of the Nazarene 2:00 p.m., Wednesday April 24, 2024, officiated by Rev. Steve Comeans. Burial will follow at the Waterloo Cemetery in Edmond. Military honors will be provided by the United States Air Force honor team. Pallbearers will be Mikes grandsons, DJ Wing, Levi Wing, Aron Vann, Hunter Campbell, Nick Strouse and Marshall Marmon. Honorary Pallbearers will be Wyatt Vann, David Cornforth, Earl London, Gary Karraker and Ben Kates. Mike was born in Edmond, Oklahoma on October 16, 1951 to David and Opal Mae (McDaniel) Hamilton. He attended Edmond Public School where he graduated in 1969. Following graduation, Mike attended college at Central State College for one year. While in college, he worked at Long Bell and Buell Lumber Company. It was during this time, that he met Ben Kates, Jr. Mike married Anita Burright on December 2, 1972 at the Waterloo Church of the Nazarene in Edmond, Oklahoma. He joined the Air Force and served from 1971 -1977. In 1976, Mike, along with Ben Kates, Jr., started a business and became co-owners of the Midwest Wrecking Company in Oklahoma City. Mike sold his half to Ben in 1998 and moved to Colorado to further his education at Nazarene Bible College. The company continued to grow and is now owned by Bens’s sons. Mike graduated with a degree in Christian Counseling and Biblical Studies. Following his graduation, he became a counselor at the Eastbrough Church of the Nazarene in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He held this position until April of 2014, when he moved back to Oklahoma to farm in Tishomingo. Mike enjoyed hunting and fishing, working around the church and his farm. The thing he enjoyed most was being around his family, his wife, children and grandchildren. Mike is preceded in death by his parents, David Wesley Hamilton and Opal Mae (McDaniel) Hamilton; nephew, Jeffrey Hamilton London; great-grandson, Andon Carter Wing. Mike is survived by his wife of 52 years, Anita (Burright) Hamilton of Tishomingo; daughters, Michelle Vann and husband, Brett of Tishomingo and Stephanie Wing and husband, Donnie of Antlers; Those who are like family, Larry Strouse and wife, Kelly of Tishomingo and Joel Garcia and wife, Olivia of Divide Colorado; grandchildren from Antlers, DJ Wing, Levi Wing and wife, Shannon, and Brooklyn Wing, from Tishomingo, Aron Vann, Emilie Vann, Riquel Vann, Wyatt Vann, Nick Strouse and William Strouse, from Durant, Ashley Marmon and husband, Marshall, and from Divide, Colorado, Daniel Garcia, Jacob Garcia, Zoey Garcia, Sophia Garcia and Joshua Garcia; sister, Phyllis Johns and husband, Mark of Edmond; brother, Terry Hamilton and wife Kim of Guthrie; 6 nieces, 9 nephews; sisters-in-law, Linda Henderson of Edmond and DeeAnn Sammons and husband, Jake of Fruitville, Texas; brothers-in-law, Wayne Burright and wife, Phyllis of Edmond, Oklahoma, David Burright and wife, Linda of Jones, Oklahoma, and Pat Burright of Bullhead City, Arizona. Numerous cousins and a host of friends.

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Mike Hamilton

October 16, 1951 - April 19, 2024