I talked to aunt Ellen about her memories of Cecil - she said he was a dandy big brother! Ellen was 91 when she told me this - She said she thought of her brothers & sisters often, missed them. Said they had a good, loving family.
Cecil was 6 yrs & Carl 4 yrs older than her. They were good big brothers, looking out for her, working together, playing together - but it sounded like more work than play!
They would hoe & pick crops, corn & cotton, working on the family farm, then hire out for $1 a day - walk across fields, 2 or 3 miles, to some neighbor, bringing their own lunch, 10 hrs was considered a day's work! Not including the walking, of course...
They'd be real proud to earn that money - mostly used for the family needs - food, clothes for school, shoes. When they played, she remembers playing baseball. She said the kids would work as soon as they were grown - "how old is grown?" I asked. She said, "Oh, 10, 12, 14 years old, big enough to do a day's work." (!)

Uncle Cecil lived through WW2, but not long after returning he was in a car accident, not far from home. There was a bad curve, and he didn't make the turn.
*I need to update the info of uncle Cecil Hammer - aunt Anne told me as she heard it from his mother, grandma Stella Hammer - grandma Stella said she didn't realize that the instrument of his death was sitting in her driveway....
The steering wheel mechanism broke, and that was why he lost control & didn't make the turn. He had a passenger. He threw himself in front of him, and that man escaped the accident with minor injuries. Uncle Cecil was a hero during and after the war... ♡

Siblings: Carl Simmons [b. 1918], Albina Annie (Ronaye) [b. 1920], Ellen Gertrude [b. 1922], Ralph Jefferson [b. 1924], Frances Marie [b. 1926], Naomi Lavern [b. 1928](who changed her name to Judy), Calvin James[b. 1930], Lester Harold [b. 1932], Franklin Dean [b. 1934], Ella Mae [b. & d. 1936 - stillborn] and Eugene Dale [b. 1938].