Date of birth: 19 Feb 1921
Date of death: 22 Jun 1985

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Burial Information

Section 02 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 148A-02
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US ARMY
Rank: TEC 5
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR II
Military Notes:

Military Inscription

Tec 5 US Army
World War II

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Notes

Obituary
W. P. Hammett, Jr.

Funeral services for W. P. Hammett, Jr., 64, of Lexington were held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 24 from St. Thomas Catholic Church in Lexington. Father Daniel Nowak officiated with burial In Odd Fellows Cemetery. A Rosary was held at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, June 23.

He was a native of Holmes County and had retired after 30 years of Service as a Mississippi Motor Vehicle Comptroller. He was a World War II veteran and member of St. Thomas Catholic Church.

Mr. Hammett died Saturday, June 22 at Care Inn Nursing Home, Yazoo City after a lengthy illness.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elsie Boyd Hammett of Lexington; one daughter, Mrs. Linda Hammett Hegwood of Jackson; one brother, Curtis Hammett of Memphis, Tennessee; two sisters, Mrs. Frances Ferguson of Ft. Worth, Texas and Mrs. Virginia Ewing of Dallas, Texas; and one granddaughter.

Pallbearers were Boyd Thompson, Harold Hammett, Jr., Baxter Thompson, Homer Daniel, Ray Johnson and Doty Porter.

Honorary pallbearers were Sam Sample, Wilburn Hooker, Frank Hughes, Bud Hammett, M.K. Ginn, Dr. A.M. Phillips and Tony Mansoor.

The family requested that in lieu flowers memorials be made to St. Thomas Catholic Church in Lexington, or a favorite charity.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 3
Lexington, MS
June 27, 1985

Family Relations of William Pinkney Hammett, Jr.

Parents:

William Pinkney Hammett, Sr.

Laura Moore Hammett

Siblings:

Ben Moore Hammett

Harold Pinkey Hammett, Sr.

Laura Frances Hammett Ferguson

William Pinkney Hammett, Jr.

Spouse:

Elsie Mae Boyd Hammett

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