Monroe-Lamar County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hammond, Sr. , Pierce May 1933
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Monroe Advertiser, June 1, 1933
Pierce Hammond, Sr. Is Claimed by Death. (Monroe Advertiser, June 1, 1933.  
File submitted by Jane Newton, transcribed by E. Robertson)
Barnesville, Ga., May 30th.  ---Mr. Pierce Hammond, Sr., 53, for years one of 
the leading citizens of Barnesville, died at his home here early Tuesday, 
following a short illness.
    Mr. Hammond was the son of the late Dudley Hammond, a prominent attorney of 
Forsyth.  He came to Barnesville in early childhood, and was educated at Gordon 
Institute, from which school he graduated as a captain in the R. O. T. C.  He 
also served as captain in the Barnesville Blues local military company.  He 
conducted a mercantile business here, and later a haberdashery.  He also served 
as city alderman for several terms,. He was a devoted member of the Methodist 
church and for a long number of years was the superintendent of the Sunday 
school and a steward.

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