Ophelia C. Hamilton was born to William B. and Ora Lee Curtis. She was the 4th of 9 children born in this family. She attended L'Overture High School until the 12th grade and moved to Chicago, Illinois before returning to live in McAlester, Oklahoma.
Ophelia married Herbert McIntosh, Sr., and from this union, two boys were born. Later in life, she married Tilmon Hamilton and they had one son born from their union.
Ophelia was baptized at an early age by Reverend Green, Pastor of East Star Baptist Church. She joined Mt. Triumph Baptist Church, where she served the Lord faithfully in the culinary department for may years. She helped prepare meals for feed the people program, and if her car would break down, she would walk to Mt. Triumph to continue doing her job feeding the people. Later, she served on the Usher board for many years, until her health failed. She was always willing to step up and work in someone else's place if they couldn't be there to usher.
Ophelia loved to help people whether it was cleaning their house when they were sick or relieving a family member at the hospital to sit with their loved one. You could always expect Turkey and Dressing or a pot of Greens to give to families in their time of sorrow. She had a kind heart for people and was always there during their need.
Her employment was with Holiday Inn. She also worked at McAlester Regional Hospital for numerous years.
Ophelia was preceded in death by her parents, W. B and Ora Lee Curtis, her two sons, Herbert McIntosh, Jr., and Darryl Lynn Hamilton, five brothers, Rufus, Theodore, Alfonzo, Robert and Billy Joe Curtis.
She was a loving mother, daughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend. After 89 years with us, Ophelia C. Curtis, "took flight with Angels to thine place of rest" on Monday, January 21, 2019 from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She leaves in God's care to cherish her memory; one son, Harold Glenn McIntosh, McAlester, Oklahoma; a brother, William Curtis, Jr., [ Polly ]; two sisters, JoAnn Hughes, St. Louis, Missouri and Emma Lene Watts [Lawrence], Eufaula, Oklahoma; Three grandsons, Steven E. McIntosh, Derick McIntosh [Edmona], and Herbert McIntosh, III, Little Rock, Arkansas; Three granddaughters, Tonee McIntosh Craft, Jamestown, North Carolina, Trista Hamilton Snook [Mike], Muskogee, Oklahoma and Tavorie Hamilton, Oklahoma City; ten great-grandchildren; and a caravan of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends who will miss her presence dearly.
The Sacred Farewell Tribute for Sister Hamilton will commence on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 2:00 PM in the Mt. Triumph Baptist Church, 408 East Wyandotte Avenue, McAlester, Oklahoma. Reverend Anthony Washington, Pastor will give the Eulogy and Reverend Dwight E. Porter, Pastor of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church of Eufuala will Officiate.
Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery in McAlester.
Visitation will begin at 12 Noon on Saturday at the Church in McAlester
