Edison George "Zero" Hamilton

April 22, 1949 - July 19, 2018

Edison George “Zero” Hamilton, 69, of Stephens City, VA passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 in Novant Hospital, Haymarket, VA. Mr. Hamilton was born April 22, 1949 in Norton, Wise County, VA the son of Edison and Gladys Maines Hamilton. He was a graduate of James Wood High School class of 1968 and then graduated on August 16, 1968 from the United States Marine Corps, platoon 378 and served with the Marine Corps. He also attended Lord Fairfax Community College. Mr. Hamilton had worked at the Working Man’s Store of Winchester, the Town & Country Department Store of Winchester, Montgomery Wards of Winchester, Avtex Fibers of Front Royal for fifteen years and currently for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority as a utility systems repairer-operator for twenty-five years. He loved hunting, fishing, camping and working with the Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Troop 3. He often helped people in need, but wouldn’t ask for help. He is survived by his wife, Mitzi Leigh Perrell Hamilton; a daughter, Sarah Henry and husband David Lee Henry, III; a son, William Hamilton; three grandchildren, Trevor, Chloey and Ryleigh and two brothers, Steve Hamilton of Berryville and David Hamilton and his wife Joanna of Goodyear, AZ. A funeral service will be Saturday at noon in Fairview United Methodist Church, 968 Double Church Road, Stephens City with Rev. Laetitia Schoeman officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends will be received on Friday from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in Phelps Funeral Chapel, 311 Hope Drive, Winchester