Daniel Leon Hammett, age 81, died Friday morning October 28, 2016 at Jackson General Hospital.
Mr. Hammett was born in Mississippi County, Arkansas, at Whisp, Arkansas the son of the late Oscar Daniel and Tressie Hazel Johnson Hammett. They moved to Tennessee and he graduated from Humboldt High School in 1953. He married Nettye Mae Childress in 1953 and they made their home in Humboldt. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1954 and was in basic training when the Korean War ended. He attended West Tennessee Business College for two years. He worked as an accountant at Martha White in Jackson for a couple of years and then at ITT Grinnell in Henderson for twenty nine years, retiring in 1997. He had been an avid bowler. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Henderson.
He is survived by a daughter Beth Hammett Buchanan and husband Michael of Henderson and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Nettye Hammett in 2013, a son Michael Leon Hammett in 2010 and a brother Deryl Hammett.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Sunday at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Glen Harris and Brad Patterson officiating. Burial will be at 4:00 PM Sunday at Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt.
The family will receive friends at Shackelford – Casey Chapel from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 AM until funeral time.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
