Charles Cleveland Hamby, Sr. was born March 7, 1884, and died October 07, 1949.
Charles lived in Texas while married to his first wife Maude Searcy who was born May 13, 1887 in Cherry Log, Georgia, and died April 25, 1968 in Anaheim, California. After his divorce he returned to Black Mountain where he married Helen Gallion. She was born February 22. By all accounts, Charles had anger management issues and was not an ideal husband.

Children of Charles Hamby and Maude Searcy:
Manley Hamby
Otis Hamby
Olen Hamby
Woodrow Hamby
Austin Thomas Hamby
C.C. Hamby, Jr
Mildred Hamby
Helen Hamby
Minnie Evelyn Hamby

Children of Charles Hamby and Helen Gallion:
Leslie Milton Hamby, born December 10, 1936
David Stanley Hamby, born June 17, 1939.