Funeral services were held Sunday, September 12, 1971, at 3:00 P.M. at Antioch Baptist Church for Mrs. Flossie Dodd Hammett, 86 of Lexington. Rev. David Pratt officiated with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.
Mrs. Hammett died Friday September 10, at the Holmes County Community Hospital.
A native of Holmes County, she was the daughter of he late Rodulphous Dodd and Lou Bailey. She was a widow. Mrs. Hammett was a housewife and a member of the Antioch Baptist Church.
She is survived b nine daughters Miss Lela Mae Hammett, Biloxi; Mrs. Andrew Hearn, Lexington; Mrs. A.C. Bernhard, Greenwood; Mrs. R.E. Elledge, Greenwood; Mrs. C.W. Seymour, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. A.W. Witt; Mrs. B.T. Allen and Mrs. Ray Martin, all of Dallas; and Mrs. John R. Booth, Lexington; four sons, Dolph Hammett, Lexington; Jim Hammett, Dallas; Bud Hammett, Dallas; and B.R. Hammett, Jr. Jacksonville, Fla.; one brother Jeff Dodd, West; four sisters, Mrs. Clifton Williams, Tchula; Mrs. J.N. Hall, Jackson; Mrs. Norville McCarty, Durant, and Miss Geneva Dodd, Durant, 49 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were her grandsons.
Holmes County Herald September 16, 1971 page 3
Courtesy of contributor #48475565
Funeral services were held Sunday, September 12, 1971, at 3:00 P.M. at Antioch Baptist Church for Mrs. Flossie Dodd Hammett, 86 of Lexington. Rev. David Pratt officiated with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington.
Mrs. Hammett died Friday September 10, at the Holmes County Community Hospital.
A native of Holmes County, she was the daughter of he late Rodulphous Dodd and Lou Bailey. She was a widow. Mrs. Hammett was a housewife and a member of the Antioch Baptist Church.
She is survived b nine daughters Miss Lela Mae Hammett, Biloxi; Mrs. Andrew Hearn, Lexington; Mrs. A.C. Bernhard, Greenwood; Mrs. R.E. Elledge, Greenwood; Mrs. C.W. Seymour, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. A.W. Witt; Mrs. B.T. Allen and Mrs. Ray Martin, all of Dallas; and Mrs. John R. Booth, Lexington; four sons, Dolph Hammett, Lexington; Jim Hammett, Dallas; Bud Hammett, Dallas; and B.R. Hammett, Jr. Jacksonville, Fla.; one brother Jeff Dodd, West; four sisters, Mrs. Clifton Williams, Tchula; Mrs. J.N. Hall, Jackson; Mrs. Norville McCarty, Durant, and Miss Geneva Dodd, Durant, 49 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were her grandsons.
Holmes County Herald September 16, 1971 page 3
Courtesy of contributor #48475565
Inscription
"Wife of Benjamin R. Hammett"
Family Members
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Cain Vernon Dodd Sr
1874–1968
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Leila Dodd Porter
1876–1963
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John Edgar Dodd
1878–1931
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Rudolphus Edward "Rude" Dodd
1881–1967
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James Norman Dodd
1887–1959
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Julia Elizabeth Dodd Lawley
1888–1977
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William Jefferson Dodd
1889–1976
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Geneva Dodd
1894–1993
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Joanna Dodd Screws
1895–1954
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Elizabeth Dodd McCarty
1898–1989
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Jessie Louise Dodd Jones
1903–1967
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Lelia Mae Hammett
1906–2000
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Addie Lou Hammett Hearn
1907–1981
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William James "Pop" Hammett Sr
1909–1993
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Hilda Hammett Bernhard
1910–2001
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Fern Ruth Hammett Elledge
1912–2004
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Rudolphus Dodd "Dolph" Hammett
1914–1998
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Jo Hammett King
1915–1968
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Maggie Elizabeth Hammett Martin
1919–2008
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Mildred Ercile "Ben" Hammett Witt
1922–2017
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Bess "Tish" Hammett Allen
1924–2018
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Robert Allen "Bud" Hammett
1928–1995
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