December 21, 2001
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Jack S. Hamilton, a Lake Providence, LA, cotton producer and ginner and former president and treasurer of the Memphis-based National National Cotton Council of America, died Sunday, December 16 in Jackson, Miss., following a short illness.
Hamilton, 71, who had raised cotton and other crops since 1955, was recognized as an innovative farmer and ginner. He was serving as treasurer of Hollybrook Land Company, secretary-treasurer of Hollybrook Gin Company and president of Hollybrook Warehouse Company. He also was current president of the Louisiana Independent Warehouse Association and the Louisiana Cotton Services Inc.
An advisor to the Cotton Council’s Board of Directors, Hamilton was the Council’s president in 1998. He had served as president of The Cotton Foundation from 1995-1997.
"Jack Hamilton was a forceful leader within the National Cotton Council," said Gaylon Booker, the Council’s President and Chief Executive Officer. "He not only was an innovator in the experimentation with and use of new farming and processing technology, he advocated improvements for cotton processing systems, including bale packaging, and for improvements in the cotton classing system."
Hamilton served on many of the Council’s technical committees and as chair of the Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee. He was a former director of the Council’s export promotions arm, Cotton Council International (CCI), and led a CCI delegation to Japan and China to address bale packaging problems being experienced by those valuable customers of U.S. raw cotton.
Hamilton was chairman of Cotton Incorporated from 1988-1990. He also was an organizer and first president of the Louisiana Cotton Producers Association, and served as president of both the Louisiana Cotton Warehouse Association and the Southern Cotton Ginners Association. He was immediate past chairman of the Louisiana Agricultural Corporation Self-Insured Fund.
A native of Mississippi, Hamilton graduated from Cleveland (Miss.) High School. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University and served with the Marine Corps in the Korean War as an infantry platoon commander.
He is survived by his wife, Arabelle; daughter, Lee Trichel of Shreveport, LA; son, Jack S. Hamilton, Jr. of Tampa, FL; and four grandchildren. Services were Thursday, December 20 at First Presbyterian Church in Lake Providence, and burial in City Cemetery in Lake Providence. Cox Funeral Home in Lake Providence had charge.
Hamilton, 71, who had raised cotton and other crops since 1955, was recognized as an innovative farmer and ginner. He was serving as treasurer of Hollybrook Land Company, secretary-treasurer of Hollybrook Gin Company and president of Hollybrook Warehouse Company. He also was current president of the Louisiana Independent Warehouse Association and the Louisiana Cotton Services Inc.
An advisor to the Cotton Council’s Board of Directors, Hamilton was the Council’s president in 1998. He had served as president of The Cotton Foundation from 1995-1997.
"Jack Hamilton was a forceful leader within the National Cotton Council," said Gaylon Booker, the Council’s President and Chief Executive Officer. "He not only was an innovator in the experimentation with and use of new farming and processing technology, he advocated improvements for cotton processing systems, including bale packaging, and for improvements in the cotton classing system."
Hamilton served on many of the Council’s technical committees and as chair of the Joint Cotton Industry Bale Packaging Committee. He was a former director of the Council’s export promotions arm, Cotton Council International (CCI), and led a CCI delegation to Japan and China to address bale packaging problems being experienced by those valuable customers of U.S. raw cotton.
Hamilton was chairman of Cotton Incorporated from 1988-1990. He also was an organizer and first president of the Louisiana Cotton Producers Association, and served as president of both the Louisiana Cotton Warehouse Association and the Southern Cotton Ginners Association. He was immediate past chairman of the Louisiana Agricultural Corporation Self-Insured Fund.
A native of Mississippi, Hamilton graduated from Cleveland (Miss.) High School. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University and served with the Marine Corps in the Korean War as an infantry platoon commander.
He is survived by his wife, Arabelle; daughter, Lee Trichel of Shreveport, LA; son, Jack S. Hamilton, Jr. of Tampa, FL; and four grandchildren. Services were Thursday, December 20 at First Presbyterian Church in Lake Providence, and burial in City Cemetery in Lake Providence. Cox Funeral Home in Lake Providence had charge.
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