Adrian Winifred Hammit (1925 - 2009)

Born 29 Jan 1925 in Stamford, Jones, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Mildred (Rieff) Hammit — married 4 Jan 1948 in Cotton Center, Tulare, California, United States

Died 30 May 2009 at age 84 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States

Biography

Adrian was born in 1925. He was the son of Eugene Hammit and Metta Young. He passed away in 2009.

Obituary^[1]

HALE CENTER -- Funeral services for A.W. "Bub" Hammit, 84, were at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Hale Center with Dr. Carrol Green and Dr. Gene Meacham officiating.

Burial was in Plainview Cemetery by Abell Funeral Home of Hale Center.

Mr. Hammit died Saturday, May 30, 2009, in the Ussery-Roan Texas State Veterans Home in Amarillo.

He was born Jan. 29, 1925, in Stamford to Metta and Gene Hammit. He joined the Navy in 1942 and was a World War II veteran. He was a pharmacist's mate stationed in the Admiralty Islands near Papua, New Guinea.

He married Mildred Rieff on Jan. 4, 1948, in Cotton Center.

He was a partner with his dad in the grocery business and farmed in Hale Center. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Hale Center and was a deacon for many years.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Eddie Turner of Plainview; one son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Pat Hammit of Canyon; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

His parents and brother, Kenneth Hammit, are deceased.

The family suggests memorials to Plainview Christian Academy, 310 S. Ennis, Plainview, TX 79072; or Gideons International, Box 771, Plainview, TX 79073-0771.

Sources

1. ↑ Plainview Daily Herald (TX) - Tuesday, June 2, 2009

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HY14-1ZM : accessed 22 July 2019), Adrian W Hammit in household of Eugene Hammit, Hale Center, Hale, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 8A, line 18, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2339; FHL microfilm 2,342,073.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWK3-N6Q : 13 March 2018), Adrian Hammett in household of Gene Hammett, Hale Center, Commissioner's Precinct 3, Hale, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-14, sheet 8A, line 15, family 201, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4049.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K5SR-BB3 : 22 May 2014), Adrian W Hammit, Residence, Hale Center, Texas, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMZC-BYZ : 20 May 2014), Adrian Winifred Hammit, 30 May 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #37822995