Louise James Hamm, 96, passed from this life on Monday, December 7, 2009 at home after a long illness. She was a few weeks shy of her 97th birthday.

She loved and served The Lord Jesus and was the last living of twelve charter members of Coastal Cathedral Church of God and was a former Sunday School teacher of the young girls class. She was a fulltime homemaker until later in life she fulfilled her desire to become a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was an accomplished seamstress.

She was the first born of eight children to Thomas and Catherine James in Easley, SC. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Preston Noah Hamm. Surviving are two daughters, Mary Brown and Joy Lucas of Savannah; granddaughter, Elaine Harris Reggie of Marietta, GA; grandsons, Harold Brown Brenda of Statesboro and Edwin Preston Lucas of Key West, FL; great-grandchildren, Joshua Brown who is proudly serving in the U.S. Army, Michelle Harris of Oxford, MS, Matthew Harris Linda of Gulf Shores, AL, Chelsea Brown and Caleb Brown of Statesboro; little great-great-grandchildren, Evelyn, Annabelle and Elena Harris of Gulf Shores, AL.

Visitation will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel with Rev. Dale Dyar and Rev. Lamar Terrell officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.