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Submitted: 7/22/14 • Approved: 7/22/14 • Last Updated: 7/25/14 • R1024618-G0-S3
SERGEANT US Army Air Forces
World War II
May 26,1926-May 11,2010
Husband of Mary Bob Hodges Hammons
Mr. Glenn Rushing Hammons, age 83, of Forrest City, died Tuesday at the Forrest City Medical Center in Forrest City. He had been in the hospital for the past ten days.
Mr. Hammons was born May 26, 1926, in Jackson, Tennessee, and was the son of U. G. Hammons and Louise Rushing Hammons. He lived in Forrest City most all of his life, was a farmer and a Veteran of World War II. He served as a radio operator during the Asia-Pacific Campaign and the Occupation Forces in Japan, 5th Air Force, 1375 Signal Company Wing. He was a member of the Farm Bureau Association and served as the St. Francis County Farm Bureau President from 1963 to 1965, was a member of the First Baptist Church, where he served in various capacities as Deacon, Superintendent of the Sunday School and Sunday School teacher.
Mr. Hammons married Mary Bob Hodges in 1946, and she preceded him in death in 2008. He is survived by two daughters; Cathryn Hammons Slater (John) and Lynnette Hammons Watts ( Michael), all of Little Rock, seven grandchildren; Molly Buford, Mary Ellen Buford Askew (Adam), Samantha Watts Marquard (Mike), Louis Watts, John Slater (Lane), Bill Slater, and Gary Slater, five great-grandchildren, his in-laws Verna and Kyle Woods, and a special friend, Lois Taylor.
Services for Mr. Hammons will be held at the Fist Baptist Church in Forrest City, 11:00 A.M., Thursday with visitation to follow at the Church. Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Contributed on 7/22/14 by bill060
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