Date of birth: 29 Jan 1914
Date of death: 16 Feb 1998

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Burial Information

Section 09 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0337-01
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary
Rudolphus D. Hammett
Rudolphus Dodd “Dolph” Hammett, 84, of Lexington died on Monday, February 16 at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson from injuries sustained in a truck accident on Tuesday, February 10.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, February 18 at 3:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Lexington. Rev. Doug Lawson officiated. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington with Southern Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

A native of Holmes County, he was an independent trucker and farmer. Mr. Hammett was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.

Survivors include: wife, Virgie Jordan Hammett of Lexington; sons, Harold Dodd Hammett, Richard Dolph Hammett, and Robert Ford Hammett, all of Lexington; daughters, Ruth Murtagh of Pickens, Libby Dittmar of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Flossie Goode of Ridgeland, Brenda Adams of Brandon, Shelia Mae Hammett of Jackson, Notie Turner of Money, Dell Tubbs of Jackson, and Tammy Courts of Pickens; sisters, Leila Mae Hammett, Hilda Bernhard, Ruth Elledge, all of Lexington, Earlene Seymore of Jacksonville, Florida, Maggie Martin, Ercille “Ben” Witt, Bessie “Tish” Allen, all of Dallas, Texas; 27 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 6
Lexington, MS
February 19, 1998

Family Relations of Rudolphus Dodd Hammett

Parents:
Benjamin Richard Hammett
Flossie Mae Dodd Hammett
Siblings:
Lelia Mae Hammett
Addie Hammett Hearn
William J. Hammett, Sr.
Hilda Hammett Bernhard
Fern Ruth Hammett Elledge
Rudolphus Dodd Hammett
Jo Hammett King
Maggie Elizabeth Hammett Martin
Mildred Ercile Hammett Witt
Bess Hammett Allen
Robert Allen Hammett
Spouse:
Virgie Jordan Hammett
Children:
Harold Dodd Hammett
Infant Daughter Hammett

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