Extracted from The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX)
Thursday, January 31, 2002

W. T. Hammock, Jr.

TEXAS CITY -- W.T. Hammock, Jr., 78, of Texas City, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2002, in Houston. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 2, at Emken-Linton Funeral Home with Pastors Rudy Rios and Dan Cockrell officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster. Visitation will be 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Hammock was born December 8, 1923, in Cass County, Texas. He was a retired carpenter for Union Carbide and a member of Temple Baptist Church. He served his country in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include his son Roger Hammock and wife Ge Peng of Mountainview, California; daughter Linda Gibson and husband Gary of Pearland; sister Louise Burson and husband Royce of Atlanta, Texas; grandchildren Julie Gibson and Jeff Gibson of Clear Lake City.

Pallbearers will be Andy Spoehrer, Tony Jones, Eddie Soliz, Jimmy Burch, Steve Fitts, and Bob Sawin.

Emken-Linton Funeral Home