Memorial Services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 9, 2004 at the First Presbyterian Church of Amarillo with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon, officiating. Mr. Hamil was born on October 14, 1941 in Sterling, Colorado to Dave and Genevieve Hamil. He earned a BS in Animal Husbandry in 1964 from Colorado State University. He served in the Colorado Air National Guard from 1964 to 1968. During the Vietnam War, he served in the United States Air Force at Osan Air Base, South Korea (1968-1969). He began his career with Friona Industries" Hi Pro Feeds Division in 1969 as Production Manager. In 1978, he was promoted to General Manager. While at Hi Pro, Jack served as president of the Texas Grain & Feed Association, as a member of the Advisory Committee Texas Tech Center for Feed Research and Education, as a Director of the American Feed Association, and most recently as a Director of the American Feed Industry Insuarnce Company. His civic leadership included Chairman Prairie Acres Nursing Home Board, Friona City Council member, as a Director of Friona City Council member, as a Director of Friona Chamber of Commerce, and as Director of Plains National Bank in Friona. Jack is a member and ordained elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Canyon. Jack was known as a man who loved his family and loved life and he hated to leave so soon. Survivors include his wife, Jo, of the home; children, Marc and Desiree Hamil and Chris and Cynthia Hamil, all of Amarillo, Brad and Jennifer Blackmon, of Fresno, CA, Chris and Jana Wright, and Joel and Stacy Wright, all of Canyon, and Robin Martens, of Grand Prairie, Texas; one sister, Jo Ostwald, and husband, Don, of Ft. Morgan, CO; one brother, Don Hamil, and wife, Joan, of Sterling, CO; mother-in-law, Lois McMullen, of Canyon; and ten grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to the Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, 1500 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, Texas 79106; or BSA Hospice, PO Box 950, Amarillo, Texas 79176.