LOCAL BUSINESSMAN WAYDE HAMRICK KILLED IN BOAT ACCIDENT

  

A former Brenham businessman has died in a weekend boating accident.

73-year old Wayde Hamrick was killed Friday in a boating accident in Oldenburg in Fayette County.

Fayette County authorities have not released details of the accident.

Hamrick, a native of Texas City, moved to Brenham in 1979 to open Wayde Hamrick Associates insurance agency.

He later became associated with Norwood Lange Insurance and had been semi-retired since 2000.

Hamrick was a past president of the Brenham Rotary Club and the Washington County Rotary Club.  He served as a director of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce and was the Red Cross director of Emergency Response.  He was also president of the Board of Directors of Camp for All Camp Friends.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10:00 at First United Methodist Church in Brenham.