Willa Dean Hammonds
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Willa Dean Hammonds
July 10, 1916 - February 2, 2014
Mrs. Willa
Dean Hammonds, 97, of Nederland, Texas died Sunday, February 2, 2014, at
Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. She was born on July
10, 1916, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee to Joe W. Crews and Rose Dora Gobel
Crews. Mrs. Hammonds received her
education in Lawrenceburg, graduating high school in 1934.
She married James Hollis Hammonds on
December 24, 1936, in Leoma, Tennessee.
They moved to Toledo, Ohio area in 1937, where they made their home for
the next thirty-one years. In April,
1968, they moved to Nederland, Texas where she made her home until her
death. Mrs. Hammonds was baptized in a
creek near her home in 1928, by brother E.E. Edens, a family friend and
traveling preacher. She was a member of the Nederland Church of Christ.
Mrs. Hammonds was preceded in death by
her husband, James Hollis Hammonds in January, 1977; sons, Jerry and Ronnie
Hammonds; parents; and siblings, Margie Crews, Mark Crews, Arlie Crews, Myrta
Crews, Vera Kitchen, Mamee Clayton, Edith Bedford, Louise Jenkins, and her twin
brother Bill.
She is survived by five sons, Don and
wife Tesha Hammonds of Grand Junction, Colorado; Jimmy Hammonds of Nederland,
Texas; David and wife Shirley of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Mike Hammonds of
Nederland, Texas; Jeff and wife Camille Hammonds of Aurora, Oregon; one
daughter, Cheryl Everett of Traverse City, Michigan and very special friend and
caregiver, Eddie Eason of Nederland. She
is also survived by numerous grandchildren; great grandchildren; great-great
grandchildren; and many wonderful friends.
A
memorial service for Mrs. Hammonds will begin at 11:00, Friday, February 7,
2014, at the Nederland Church of Christ, 2310 Nederland Ave, Nederland,
TX 77627
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