Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Salado with Reverend Dr. Scott Mescher officiating. Public visitation is scheduled for Monday, August 5 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Broecker Funeral Home, 949 W. Village Road, Salado, Texas.

Clarence Truett Hampton, 79, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at his home in Salado, Texas surrounded by his family. Born in Ireland, Texas on August 2, 1933, he was one of four children born to Clifford Hampton, a Baptist minister, and Evelyn Pauline Elms. After working as a clerk and soda jerk at two local pharmacies, Truett graduated in 1951 from Hamilton High School, where he was an award winning tennis player. With a lifelong dream to become a pharmacist, Truett completed his basic college courses at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas before enrolling in Pharmacy School at the University of Texas at Austin in 1953. His studies were interrupted, however, when he was drafted during the Korean War. Following his military service in the army, Truett returned to Pharmacy School, receiving his pharmacy degree and license in 1959 and relocating his family to Temple, Texas soon after. By 1970, he was able to open his own pharmacy in Temple before taking advantage of a unique opportunity to establish Medical Arts Pharmacy at a new medical clinic in Killeen, Texas, where he operated for 27 years. Although his business was located in Killeen, Truett made his home in the Temple/Belton region throughout his pharmacy career that spanned nearly five decades.

After marrying Carolyn Kay Gearhart in 1978, they lived in Belton and have resided in Salado for the last 24 years. Truett was a quiet, reserved Christian man with a deep reverence for God's Word. He was a proud member of First Baptist Church of Salado, where he previously taught Sunday School. Truett was also an avid Texas Longhorn and sports fan with a quick wit who enjoyed playing tennis, bowling, dominos, and table tennis.

In addition to his wife Carolyn Hampton, Truett is survived by four grown children--eldest daughter Joni Lange of Temple, Jami Hampton of Austin, Randy Hampton of Carrollton, and Todd Hyer of Belton--sister Jean Dunlop of Waco, as well as eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his daughter Jeni Kim Hampton Taitano and two brothers.

Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made in his name to First Baptist Church, Salado, 210 South Main Street, Salado, TX 76571, or to Scott & White Hospice, 2401 S. 31st Street, Temple, Texas 76508.