Phillip Edward Hampton – 01/15/2022

Phillip Edward Hampton, age 74, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 15, 2022. He is survived by his son, Rick Hampton; daughters, Maryanne (Ric) Anderson and Jessica (Mike) Denardo; brother, Reggie (Marion) Hampton; four grandchildren and two nephews. He is preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Mittie Dianne Hampton; parents, Lloyd and Gertrude Hampton and sister Marie Theresa Hampton.

A memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church of Oviedo on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 3 p.m. in the Historic Sanctuary.

Phil was born on February 10, 1947 in Pikeville, Kentucky, the first child of Lloyd and Gertrude Hampton. His mother used to joke that the reason why he was named Phillip was because she had such severe morning sickness while she was pregnant with him that she had to take Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia often, usually numerous times each day to combat her symptoms. She said that it worked so well, she named a child after it! He and his family moved to the North Florida area in 1949, where he was raised. Phil graduated from Union County High School in Lake Butler in 1965 and attended Lake City Community College before joining the United States Air Force in 1966. He returned to Lake City Community College and received an associate’s degree in 1971.

He served his country proudly as an intelligence officer during the Vietnam War era, achieving the rank of staff sergeant, and was honorably discharged in 1970. By that time, his family had moved to Geneva, Fla., and he joined them there. Soon after returning home, he was introduced to Mittie Dianne Edwards and they were married in Geneva on April 28, 1973. They settled in Oviedo, and Phil began his land surveying career as an assistant to William “Hank” Heath in 1971. Mr. Heath soon discovered Phil had a knack for mathematical calculations and an understanding of computers, which had just started to emerge in the field of surveying, so he soon asked Phil to join him in the land surveying business and Phil became a licensed professional land surveyor in 1980. He owned his own land surveying firm for the majority of his career and worked as a legislative lobbyist for the land surveying industry.