Obituaries: W. F. Hammons, 1937, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 29, 1937 Winn Parish Enterprise

W. F. Hammons Dies July 28th In Alexandria

Last Rites Were Conducted At Harmony Grove Church

W. F. Hammons, 74 year old resident of the Gaars Mill community died at the
Baptist hospital in Alexandria Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 as the result
of a kidney and bladder trouble.  Mr. Hammons was a well known farmer and had
been one of the community's most progressive farmers until his age and health
necessitated his retirement.

Born in Alabama, Mr. Hammons came to this country sixty seven years ago with
his parents.  He was one of a family of about thirteen children, only two of
whom survive him, two brothers, A. A. Hammons of Dodson and C. J. Hammons of
Gaars Mill.  Also surviving are his widow, Mrs. Meddie Dean Hammons; two sons,
Dayton and Hilton, and one daughter, Mrs. W. D. Stringer, of Gaars Mill.

Mr. Hammons first married Miss Maltha Dean, to which union two children were
born.  Following the death of his first wife, he married Miss Meedie Dean to
which one son, Hilton Hammons, was born.  He was a member of the Baptist
Church and Masonic Order.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the Harmony
Church with the Rev. Otto Hughes officiating.  Interment was in the Harmony
Grove Cemetery.