A J HAMMOND DIES AT HOME IN FORDYCE
A J Hammond, aged 85, former Rison citizen, died Monday at his home in Fordyce. Mr. Hammond, who for many years operated a blacksmith shop here, had been in declining health for some time, losing his sight six years ago.
Mr. Hammond was a native of Lexington, Ky., coming to Warren in 1880 and engaged in blacksmith work. Mr. Hammond's scores of friends in the Rison territory will recall him as a conscientious, hard worker and a master in his trade. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services were conducted from the family home Tuesday afternoon by the Dr. J.M. Workman, pastor of the Fordyce First Methodist Church, with interment in the Fordyce cemetery.
Besides his widow, Mr. Hammond is survived by four sons, Andrew Hammond of Rison; Harvey Hammond of Holdenville, Oklahoma; John Hammond of Kingsland, and Walter Hammond of Pine Bluff, four daughters, Mrs. Jim Hammond and Mrs. Bea Williams of Fordyce; Mrs. E.F. Gresham of Pine Bluff, and Mrs. R. G. Bates of Tampa, Florida; several grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
A J Hammond, aged 85, former Rison citizen, died Monday at his home in Fordyce. Mr. Hammond, who for many years operated a blacksmith shop here, had been in declining health for some time, losing his sight six years ago.
Mr. Hammond was a native of Lexington, Ky., coming to Warren in 1880 and engaged in blacksmith work. Mr. Hammond's scores of friends in the Rison territory will recall him as a conscientious, hard worker and a master in his trade. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services were conducted from the family home Tuesday afternoon by the Dr. J.M. Workman, pastor of the Fordyce First Methodist Church, with interment in the Fordyce cemetery.
Besides his widow, Mr. Hammond is survived by four sons, Andrew Hammond of Rison; Harvey Hammond of Holdenville, Oklahoma; John Hammond of Kingsland, and Walter Hammond of Pine Bluff, four daughters, Mrs. Jim Hammond and Mrs. Bea Williams of Fordyce; Mrs. E.F. Gresham of Pine Bluff, and Mrs. R. G. Bates of Tampa, Florida; several grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
A J HAMMOND DIES AT HOME IN FORDYCE
A J Hammond, aged 85, former Rison citizen, died Monday at his home in Fordyce. Mr. Hammond, who for many years operated a blacksmith shop here, had been in declining health for some time, losing his sight six years ago.
Mr. Hammond was a native of Lexington, Ky., coming to Warren in 1880 and engaged in blacksmith work. Mr. Hammond's scores of friends in the Rison territory will recall him as a conscientious, hard worker and a master in his trade. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services were conducted from the family home Tuesday afternoon by the Dr. J.M. Workman, pastor of the Fordyce First Methodist Church, with interment in the Fordyce cemetery.
Besides his widow, Mr. Hammond is survived by four sons, Andrew Hammond of Rison; Harvey Hammond of Holdenville, Oklahoma; John Hammond of Kingsland, and Walter Hammond of Pine Bluff, four daughters, Mrs. Jim Hammond and Mrs. Bea Williams of Fordyce; Mrs. E.F. Gresham of Pine Bluff, and Mrs. R. G. Bates of Tampa, Florida; several grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
A J Hammond, aged 85, former Rison citizen, died Monday at his home in Fordyce. Mr. Hammond, who for many years operated a blacksmith shop here, had been in declining health for some time, losing his sight six years ago.
Mr. Hammond was a native of Lexington, Ky., coming to Warren in 1880 and engaged in blacksmith work. Mr. Hammond's scores of friends in the Rison territory will recall him as a conscientious, hard worker and a master in his trade. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Funeral services were conducted from the family home Tuesday afternoon by the Dr. J.M. Workman, pastor of the Fordyce First Methodist Church, with interment in the Fordyce cemetery.
Besides his widow, Mr. Hammond is survived by four sons, Andrew Hammond of Rison; Harvey Hammond of Holdenville, Oklahoma; John Hammond of Kingsland, and Walter Hammond of Pine Bluff, four daughters, Mrs. Jim Hammond and Mrs. Bea Williams of Fordyce; Mrs. E.F. Gresham of Pine Bluff, and Mrs. R. G. Bates of Tampa, Florida; several grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
