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Obituary:

Service for Ken Hammond, 74, of Bowie was Friday, Feb. 22, at Fry Funeral Chapel in Bowie. The Rev. Don Haney officiated. Burial followed at Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery.

Hammond died Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, in Dallas.

Born Feb. 17, 1928, in Flint, Mich., he was a carpenter. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church in Bowie, the VFW Post 8789 in Bowie and The American Legion.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Arline Hammond; a son, George Hammond and a brother, Clair Hammond.

He is survived by his wife, Helen E. Hammond; four sons, Kenneth Hammond Jr. of Justin, Bill Hicks of Houston, Paul Hicks of Bridgeport and Jim Tom Hicks of Bowie; five daughters, Nancy Vanhorn, Vickie Mitchell and Kimberly Valadez, all of Michigan and Cindy Lewis and Nancy Hicks, both of Bowie; four brothers, Glen Hammond of Detroit, Mich., Fred Hammond and Bob Hammond, both of Michigan and Bill Hammond of Alabama; five sisters, Mable Knight of Michigan and Etta Scarbough, Nellie Lyons, Betty Sessions and Shirley Savage, all of Mississippi and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Wise County Messenger on February 24, 2002)

Kenneth married Helen Evalena Vickers 12 May 1984, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA. Helen (daughter of Addison Scott Vickers and Shirley Ina Nix) was born 16 Jun 1940, Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, USA; died 5 Feb 2016, Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA; was buried 10 Feb 2016, Elmwood Cemetery - Bowie, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]