Loretta Hammersley, 65, former longtime Seminole OK resident, died September 20, 2011, at Intergris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City OK after a lengthy illness. Loretta was born August 9, 1946, in Seminole OK to Bonnie T. and Lillian (Elliott) Goss. Loretta grew up in Seminole and attended Seminole Public Schools. She was a beautician and owned and operated Foxy Locks Beauty Salon for over 20 years in Seminole. After she retired she moved to the Eufaula Lake area with her husband and had lived there the past 15 years. She married Jim Hammersley on February 3, 1964, in Seminole. Loretta was a loving person who cared for her family, and they were important to her. She loved the holidays and especially Christmas. She loved to decorate and be with her husband, children, and grandchildren. Her family remembers her as having a passion for cooking and being an excellent cook. She loved to bake and minister to family and neighbors through her baking. She was active in the Women's Auxiliary of the V.F.W. in Eufaula OK and helped support the Enterprise Oklahoma Fire Department by baking for "bake sales" and other fund-raising events. She loved to travel and shop with her daughter. Laughter was everywhere in her life, and she had a laugh that was contagious and people remembered.

Loretta leaves to cherish her memories her husband Jim Hammersley of Stigler OK; daughter and son-in-law Kandy and Doug Jones of Muskogee OK; son and daughter-in-law Kane and Nova Hammersley of Oklahoma City; grandchildren Shena Jones of Chicago IL, Kastle Jones of Boston MA, and Tate and Sophia Hammersley of Oklahoma City; sisters and brothers-in-law Carol and Dale Drumright of Seminole, Bonnie and Bud Whaley of Pocola OK, and Brenda Collums of Norman OK; sister-in-law Gloria Sue Nickcevich of Enterprise OK; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

(obituary from Swearingen Funeral Home, Seminole OK)