Updated: November 8, 2017

OTTO HAMMOND, 91, OF LEOMA, DIED TUESDAY. HE WAS A NATIVE OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY, AL., AN UNITED STATES NAVAL VETERAN, A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, A MEMBER OF THE LORETTO MASONIC LODGE, AND A MEMBER OF ANTIOCH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: MARGARET CREWS HAMMOND; ONE DAUGHTER: SHARON MYRICK HINES OF LAWRENCEBURG; FOUR BROTHERS: LEO HAMMOND OF WICHITA FALLS, TX, CLEO AND LEO HAMMOND OF LAWRENCEBURG, BOBBY HAMMOND OF MALVERN, AK,; TWO SISTERS: JOYCE CROSS BOWERY OF ETHRIDGE AND BETTY JANE EIGHNER OF TULSA, OK; ONE GRANDCHILD AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR OTTO HAMMOND WILL BE THURSDAY AT 3 AT ANTIOCH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH MASONIC RITES. THE BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT FREEMON CEMETERY WITH MILITARY HONORS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE VISITORS THURSDAY FROM 12 TO 3.

LORETTO MEMORIAL CHAPEL IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.