|Compiled by NELDA KNEMEYER
POQUOSON - Herman Richard Ammons, 63, a Peninsula resident since 1957 who was employed in the pipefitters department at Newport News Shipbuilding, died Monday, Feb. 7.
Mr. Ammons was an Army veteran of Korea and was a founder of the Ridge Runner Hunt Club. The native of Macon County, N.C., was a member of Black Mountain Baptist Church, Cullowhee, N.C.
Survived by a daughter, Julie Lynn Baker of Poquoson; four sons, Roger D. Ammons and Jackie E. Ammons of Gloucester, Gerald J. Ammons of Newport News and Samuel C. Ammons of Poquoson; six sisters, Alice Aikens of Tabb, Florence Bishop of Cullowhee, Ollie Peek and Ann Peek of Franklin, N.C., Kate Bishop of Lanexa and Leavern Phillips of Fayetteville, N.C.; three brothers, R.V. Ammons of Seaford and Ernest Ammons and Earl Ammons of Cullowhee; and 10 grandchildren.
Visitation from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Amory Funeral Home, Grafton. Funeral 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home by Dr. J. Howard Tew. Burial in Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton.
Memorials to Riverside Regional Medical Center Hospice Unit, J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News 23601.
|Compiled by NELDA KNEMEYER
POQUOSON - Herman Richard Ammons, 63, a Peninsula resident since 1957 who was employed in the pipefitters department at Newport News Shipbuilding, died Monday, Feb. 7.
Mr. Ammons was an Army veteran of Korea and was a founder of the Ridge Runner Hunt Club. The native of Macon County, N.C., was a member of Black Mountain Baptist Church, Cullowhee, N.C.
Survived by a daughter, Julie Lynn Baker of Poquoson; four sons, Roger D. Ammons and Jackie E. Ammons of Gloucester, Gerald J. Ammons of Newport News and Samuel C. Ammons of Poquoson; six sisters, Alice Aikens of Tabb, Florence Bishop of Cullowhee, Ollie Peek and Ann Peek of Franklin, N.C., Kate Bishop of Lanexa and Leavern Phillips of Fayetteville, N.C.; three brothers, R.V. Ammons of Seaford and Ernest Ammons and Earl Ammons of Cullowhee; and 10 grandchildren.
Visitation from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Amory Funeral Home, Grafton. Funeral 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home by Dr. J. Howard Tew. Burial in Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton.
Memorials to Riverside Regional Medical Center Hospice Unit, J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News 23601.
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