Ralph Rolland Hammer, 94, a resident of Davie Fl for over 85 years, passed away peacefully, on May 19, 2005. He will join Anna Griffin Hammer, his wife of 69 years, who died in 2003. Both the Hammer and the Griffin families were early pioneers of Davie. Mr. Hammer served in the Florida National Guard from 1929 to 1935; he was a Davie businessman from 1935 to 1982. He and his brother, Ed Hammer, cultivated the first St. Augustine Bitter Blue Sod in Broward County. He was a charter member of the Davie Chamber of Commerce and he served two terms on the Napoleon B. Broward Drainage District. Mr. Hammer is survived by daughter, Barbara, and son-in-law, Richard McCall; grandchildren: Richard McCall, Jr. (wife, Mary), Leslie Schroeder, (husband, Alan); Ralph McCall (fiancee, Margie Byron), Stephanie Tindall (husband, Matt); and 9 great-grandchildren. After their parents death in 1939, Mr. Hammer was the legal guardian of the 6 Griffin brothers; Harry John (wife, Gwendolyn) and Jerry have predeceased him. Surviving Griffins are: A.D. (wife, Mary Catherine, deceased), Carl (wife, Frances), Howard (wife, Mayme Lou), and Richard (wife, Dorothy). Christina King (husband, J. Kenneth King, deceased) is a surviving sister-in-law. All of his sisters (6) and brothers (5), and their spouses, are deceased. There are 18 surviving nieces and nephews in the Hammer family, and there are many more, from the Griffin family surviving him, along with their offspring. There will be a Celebration of Life Service at Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Davie on June 7, at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting memorial donations be made to the Old Davie School Historical Museum, or to Vitas Hospice at Memorial Pembroke. Published in the Sun-Sentinel on 5/31/2005.