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Mary Frances Hammett

Birth	:	6 Nov 1914
Death	:	1 May 2004
Burial	:	Northam Cemetery, Northam, Northam Shire, Australia
Coordinate	:	-31.6371125, 116.6571135
Description	:	Mary Frances Hammett, of 1004 Hammett Bridge Road, Greer, died May 1, 2004, at Rolling Green Village. Miss Hammett was the daughter of Eustace and Kate Holtzclaw Hammett. She had two brothers, William Harold Hammett, deceased, and Eugene E. Hammett, of Greer; six nieces, Ruth Hammett Elliott, Sara Hammett Johnson, Mary Hammett Easterling and Phyllis Hammett Altenbern, all of Taylors and Greer, S.C., Janis Hammett-Wegman of Greensboro, N.C., and Leisa Hammett-Goad of Nashville, Tenn.; and three grandnieces, Angela and Joy Easterling and Grace Goad. Miss Hammett graduated from Greer High School. She received a BA degree from Greenville Women's College in 1936.... Read More	Mary Frances Hammett, of 1004 Hammett Bridge Road, Greer, died May 1, 2004, at Rolling Green Village. Miss Hammett was the daughter of Eustace and Kate Holtzclaw Hammett. She had two brothers, William Harold Hammett, deceased, and Eugene E. Hammett, of Greer; six nieces, Ruth Hammett Elliott, Sara Hammett Johnson, Mary Hammett Easterling and Phyllis Hammett Altenbern, all of Taylors and Greer, S.C., Janis Hammett-Wegman of Greensboro, N.C., and Leisa Hammett-Goad of Nashville, Tenn.; and three grandnieces, Angela and Joy Easterling and Grace Goad. Miss Hammett graduated from Greer High School. She received a BA degree from Greenville Women's College in 1936. She was a caseworker at the Welfare Department in Greenville County from 1936 through 1939. Next, she received an RN degree from Baylor University in 1942 and was a nursing instructor from 1943 through 1944. She then went to Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and was appointed by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board in April 1944 to serve in the "bush country" of Nigeria, Africa, working with Dr. Margaret Richardson at the Shaki Baptist Hospital. Realizing the needs of the Shaki Hospital, she spent most of her first furlough from Nigeria studying for a laboratory technician degree at Emory University. On her second furlough home, she went to Bowman Gray Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., and became certified as a nurse anesthetist. In October 1965, Miss Hammett returned to Greer and nursed her ailing mother. She also taught nursing at Greenville Technical College during this stay. In April 1971, she was reappointed as a career missionary to Tanzania, Africa. Miss Hammett officially retired on Dec. 1, 1979, with 35 years of service and the status of career missionary emeritus. Miss Hammett was a lifetime member of Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C. During her retirement she served on the Senior Adult Ministry Committee. She also participated in two medical mission trips to Brazil with the Mo-Med Mission Group, which was sponsored by Taylors First Baptist Church. For the last four years, she resided at Rolling Green Village in Greenville, S.C. Services will be held at Brushy Creek Baptist Church, Taylors, on Monday at 11 a.m. with Dr. Ralph Carter officiating. Pallbearers will be Mr. James Altenbern, Mr. Mason Easterling, Mr. Gary Elliott, Mr. Donald Johnson and Mr. Charles Wegman, nephews in-law. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Brushy Creek Baptist Church Senior Adult Ministry Committee. A private internment will be held at the Hammett family gravesite at Brushy Creek Baptist Church. Visitation will be held one hour before the service in the gathering space at Brushy Creek Baptist Church. The family will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hammett. Memorials may be made to the Lottie Moon Foreign Mission Offering at Brushy Creek Baptist Church, 4999 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylors, SC 29687.-- The Wood Mortuary. Published in The Greenville News: 05-02-2004

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Family Members:

Parent

Eustace Hammett

(1877 - 1940)

Kate E Holtzclaw Hammett

(1886 - 1967)

Siblings

Infant Hammett

(1904 - 1904)

Helen Hammett

(1907 - 1907)

William Harold Hammett

(1909 - 1997)

Eugene Ethel Hammett

(1923 - 2011)

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