Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....HAMMOND, PAUL THOMAS October 7, 2016 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: GINA BROWN rootsgirl36@gmail.com December 18, 2016, 3:47 am News Star World - October 09, 2016 PAUL THOMAS HAMMOND Services for Mr. Paul Thomas Hammond, Sr. will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, October 10, 2016 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Pastor Tony Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at McCormick Cemetery in West Monroe, LA. Mr. Hammond was born November 1, 1931 in Calhoun, LA and passed away on October 7, 2016 in West Monroe. He retired from Ellington Construction Company after 56 years of service. He was a member of the Baptist Faith and a Past Master of URIM Masonic Lodge #111. As a member of the U. S. Army during the Korean War, he served as a paratrooper with the 187th Airborne RCT and was awarded a Silver Star and 2 Bronze Stars for bravery. Preceded in death by his parents, Harvey Thomas Hammond and Audrey Lee Steed Hammond; sister, Sybil Brown and brother, Ralph Hammond, Sr. Mr. Hammond is survived by his children, Dianne Rosier and husband William, Paula McCown and husband David, and Paul Thomas Hammond, Jr.; siblings, Harvey L. Hammond, Sr. and Gloria H. Rentz; grandchildren, Matt Hammond, Nicole Hammond and Erin McCown Simpson and husband Wesley; great-grandson, Braden Hammond. Masonic brothers will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be W. J. Mims, Charles Staples, Harold Traylor, Greg Hare, Pat Ellington, and Randy Walton . The family wishes to thank all who loved and cared for Mr. Paul. Memorials may be made to Shriner's Hospital for Children , 3100 Samford Ave, Shreveport, LA 71103. Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.kilpatrick funeralhomes.com Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/h/hammond5524nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb