Ida Brock Hamic, 96, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville; Tennessee. Mrs. Hamic was born February 12, 1911 in Jacksonville, Texas to Henry and Cordelia Brock.
Mrs. Hamic was a graduate of Beaumont High School and South Park Junior College. She worked as a librarian at Tyrrell Public Library and later at Lamar University.
She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-eight years, Claude Parke Hamic; and daughter, Nancy Hamic. She is survived by her daughter, Becky Knowles and son-in-law John of Nashville, Tennessee; grandson, Jay Knowles, granddaughter-in-law, Catherine; great granddaughter, Caroline of Nashville, Tennessee; granddaughter Amy Knowles and grandson-in-law Adam Papendieck of New Orleans. Louisiana.
Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Monday, April 23, 2007 at First Christian Church, 5290 North Caldwood Drive in Beaumont, with longtime friend Reverend Jay Gideon officiating. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. Visitation will be Sunday, April 22, 2007 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to Beaumont Public Library, Large Print Collection, P.O. Box 3827, Beaumont, Texas 77704 or The Sierra Club, 85 2nd Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California 94105.
