Chester E. Hammond Sr.
1943 - 2018
Chester E. Hammond Sr. died of
heart failure at the VA Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi
on February 19, 2018.
Funeral services for Chester E.
Hammond, Sr., of Winona were held on Tuesday, February 27, 2018,
in the
Lizzie Sanders Memorial Chapel in Winona, with Pastor Kelvin
Wright officiating. Burial followed in the
North Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Kilmichael.
Visitation was from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Monday, February 26 at
Sanders and Sanders Funeral Home in Winona
and from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Tuesday. There was no
viewing after the eulogy.
Kathy Root writes:
Chester had been living in the
VA Home in Jackson MS for several years. His brothers brought him
to our last two reunions.
In fact, for our 2017 reunion in Rapid City SD, he was there with
his brother and his VA Nurse. He had a wonderful time.
Newspaper obituary courtesy of Kathy Root
This page prepared under the direction of Kathy Root
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