Betty Jean Grider Hammock's Obituary
HOWARDWICK SERVICES - 10:30 am on Monday, April 27, 2009 in the First Baptist Church in Howardwick with Rev. Dave Stout, Pastor, officiating. INTERMENT - Silverton Cemetery in Silverton. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Mrs. Hammock was born February 14, 1936 in Altus, Oklahoma to Roy and Maudie Bell Beavers Grider. She married Robert Royce Hammock on December 22, 1952 at Decatur, Texas. She graduated from Rosedale High School in Belview, New Mexico and the Amarillo School of Nursing. She was an LVN at the Hereford Regional Medical Center for 31 years before her retirement. She was a resident of Altus, Oklahoma before moving to Hereford in 1949 where she lived until moving to Howardwick in 1999. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Howardwick. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her parents; a son, David Wayne Hammock in 1976; and a brother, Roy Grider. SURVIVORS - her husband, Robert Hammock of Howardwick; one daughter, Stacie & Glenn Ruga of Spearman; 2 sons, Bobby and Kathy Hammock of Clovis, New Mexico, Tim Hammock and Charlotte Deere of Brenham; 1 brother, Sam Grider of Howardwick; 3 sisters, Ann Kirkland of Plattsburg, Missouri, Karene Tatum of Tucumcari, New Mexico, Reba Hayes of Amarillo; 5 granddaughters; 4 grandsons; and 8 great grandchildren. MEMORIALS - In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be to the First Baptist Church in Howardwick or a favority charity. THE FAMILY MAY BE CONTACTED AT - 350 Sailfish / Howardwick, Texas 79226-8194. Phone number 806.874.2874.
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