Harris Co., TX - Obits: Oliver Thomas Hammond, Sr. ************************************************** Contributed for use in the Texas Archives by: David R. Brumbelow Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************** Oliver Thomas Hammond, Sr. (AD 1916-1983) Name: Oliver Thomas Hammond, Sr. Residence: Box 332----Graford, TX (Palo Pinto County) Date of Birth: April 12, 1916 Place of Birth: Harris County, Texas Passed away: January 6, 1983 Age: 66 years, 6 months, 25 days Date of service: January 10, 1983 Hour: 11:30 A.M. Place of service: Houston National Cemetery Place of interment: Houston National Cemetery Clergyman: Mr. Wesley Mickey; Mr. Joe Brumbelow, pastor of West Heights Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TX Survived by: Wife: Mrs. Iva Mae Hammond, Graford Son: Oliver T. Hammond, Jr., Houston 5 Daughters: Glenda E. Baker, Corpus Christi; Doris West, Houston; Donna Sisemore, Mineral Wells; Lynette Halton, Mineral Wells; Cynthia Berg, Ottumwa, Iowa Mother: Mrs. Estella Hammond, Corpus Christi 4 Brothers: Clyde Hammond, Point Comfort, Tex.; Harry Hammond, Houston; Frank Hammond, Freeport; Freddie Hammond, Brownsville 3 Sisters: Elsie Williams, Corpus Christi (member of West Heights Baptist Church, Corpus Christi, TX); Mozelle Beto, Corpus Christi (Joe Brumbelow had previously been her pastor. She was a good friend of Joe & Bonnie Brumbelow); Nina Overstreet, Houston 16 Grandchildren; 6 Great Grandchildren Mineral Wells Funeral Home, Mineral Wells, Texas “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” -John 3:16 A book about Rev. Brumbelow was published in 2005: The Wit and Wisdom of Pastor Joe Brumbelow, hannibalbooks.com. -submitted by his son, David R. Brumbelow, P.O. Box 300, Lake Jackson, TX 77566. nsbc77562@LWOL.com August 16, AD 2007. Sources: Clergy Record, given to officiating minister by the funeral home. Personal records of Joe E. Brumbelow.