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- Obituary:
Service for Ken Hammond, 74, of Bowie was Friday, Feb. 22, at Fry Funeral Chapel in Bowie. The Rev. Don Haney officiated. Burial followed at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery.
Hammond died Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, in Dallas.
Born Feb. 17, 1928, in Flint, Mich., he was a carpenter. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church in Bowie, the VFW Post 8789 in Bowie and The American Legion.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Arline Hammond; a son, George Hammond and a brother, Clair Hammond.
He is survived by his wife, Helen E. Hammond; four sons, Kenneth Hammond Jr. of Justin, Bill Hicks of Houston, Paul Hicks of Bridgeport and Jim Tom Hicks of Bowie; five daughters, Nancy Vanhorn, Vickie Mitchell and Kimberly Valadez, all of Michigan and Cindy Lewis and Nancy Hicks, both of Bowie; four brothers, Glen Hammond of Detroit, Mich., Fred Hammond and Bob Hammond, both of Michigan and Bill Hammond of Alabama; five sisters, Mable Knight of Michigan and Etta Scarbough, Nellie Lyons, Betty Sessions and Shirley Savage, all of Mississippi and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Wise County Messenger on February 24, 2002)
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