Our family lost a beautiful, energetic, kind, compassionate and lovely soul on July 5, 2023. Hannah Marie Eddington Lamb, born February 21, 1992, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 31. Hannah was born in Little Rock, raised in Benton, Ark. and lived in Nashville, Tenn. She was an intelligent, curious, caring, strong willed, and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, teacher and friend. She loved dancing, playing with her daughters, reading, singing, and playing board games at family gatherings. Hannah had a gift of lighting up a room with her bright, beautiful smile.
Hannah graduated from Benton High School, and then went on to study at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, graduating with highest honors. She earned a master’s degree in elementary education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She met her husband, Drew Lamb, while they were working with underserved youth as part of Project Transformation-Tennessee. They were married on May 23, 2015. Together they had two beautiful daughters, Eloise (4) and Viola (13 months). Hannah loved her daughters fiercely. She was proud to be an elementary school teacher at Eakin Elementary for the Metro Nashville School District.
Hannah is survived by her husband Drew, her daughters Eloise and Viola, her parents Steve and Vanna McCauley Eddington of Benton, her sister Sarah (Mandar) of St. Louis, Mo., her brother Samuel (Hannah) of North Little Rock, her grandmother Judy McCauley of Okolona and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandparents Charles Wayne Eddington, Edith Himel Eddington, and Harvey Wayne McCauley, as well as her uncles David Eddington and Rick McCauley.
A visitation will be held at First United Methodist Church in Benton on Monday, July 10 at 12:00 pm and a memorial service will be held immediately following at 1:00 pm. A graveside service will follow at Okolona Cemetery in Okolona (Clark County).
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Hannah may be made to Project Transformation Arkansas and Project Transformation Tennessee.
https://projecttransformation.org/arkansas/
https://projecttransformation.org/tennessee/
Services entrusted to Smith-Benton Funeral Home. Online guestbook: www.SmithFamilyCares.com.
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for Hannah Lamb
Ginny and Phil Hawkins
I had taught first grade at Edison across the hall from Hannah.
I am so very sorry for your tremendous loss.
She was a kind person who loved to laugh. We use to chat as we stood at our doors in the mornings. She´d once talked about a trip with her husband to Portugal, I believe. She´d talked about how much you both had helped out when her daughter, Eloise, had been born. I think I remember her telling about her mother coming to stay and help out when she went back to teaching. She was very grateful for the help and support.
You are in my prayers.
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everyone sounds wonderful in their obituary, not implying she wasn’t….. it’s just too late to fully know her, and the loss is way too fresh to get accurate information out of those who did.
A tragic loss though, any human is. A human so well loved, going before her time? yeah, that’s a gutpunch of sad.
She reminds me of a family member. She also helped a lot of people. Put others before herself, like you do on here. It struck a chord in me. Nobody deserves to feel like that.
You deserve better too. Happiness. Fulfillment, a life of delicious adventure. not this
Anything but this.
Bigg hug heartless.
Did she commit suic.ide?
Yes.
Pfft, they *always* write how “energic, vibrant, and cheerful” the deceased suicidal are, and how kind they were and how everyone loved them. yeah ok, if people close to them really cared about them, they wouldn’t have suic.ided
I didn’t know this woman, but it teared me up pretty bad. Knowing I know what it’s like when ur on the edge. She was a silent one. Those are the ones you have to watch the most and check on. She was putting up a fake happiness just to show people she was okay, but she wasn’t. She was hurting so bad inside that she reach the point she wanted to end the pain and rest in eternal sleep. I know what that’s like because I was a silent one myself. I never told anyone about my attempt. Had a plan and try to carry out with it. Always check on your love ones and see if they’re okay. Look for signs at all. Sometimes it’s hard, but try if it’s someone you love and care for. You can save a life that way. Keep in contacts with them. I could feel her pain swell inside me. She was in so much pain. RIP