Bryant O'Dare Hammett Sr.

A memorial service for Bryant O’Dare Hammett, Sr., 85, of Ferriday, who passed away on October, 23, 2017 at Plantation Oaks Nursing Home in Wisner, will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Ferriday at 2pm on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, with Bro. Clyde Ray Webber officiating. Visitation will be at the church on Wednesday from 12:00 noon until time of service. Interment will follow at Harrisonburg Cemetery under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home of Ferriday. O’Dare was born November 27, 1931, in Ferriday to parents Alma Warren Hammett and Horace Hugh Hammett. He spent most of his life in Ferriday. He graduated from Ferriday High School in 1951 and Northwestern State College in Natchitoches in 1957. He taught school and coached for 32 years before retiring. He taught and coached basketball at Monterey High School, then taught business and math at Ferriday High School, where he was in charge of the Distributive Education Program. He also had an accounting, tax and real estate business in Ferriday for 43 years. O’Dare was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Ferriday, where he served many years as an Elder. He served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean War as a Medic. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying duck and deer hunting and fishing. He is preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Charles Lee Hammett and his wife Rilla of Lancaster, California; and brother-in-law Dexter Byrd of Natchez, Mississippi. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lollie May Caskey Hammett; one daughter, Diana Gayle Hammett McIntosh of Oak Grove, Louisiana; two sons, Bryant O’Dare Hammett, Jr. and wife Susan Cotton Hammett of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Albert Clayton Hammett and wife Diane Ellis Hammett of Carencro, Louisiana; and one sister, Gayle Hammett Byrd of Meadville, Mississippi. He had seven grandchildren, John Robert McIntosh III (Trey) and wife Julie, Caskey Lee McIntosh Schexnyder and husband Brant, Virginia Lee Hammett Martinez and husband Pete, Dorothy Elizabeth Hammett Tanner and husband Paul, Laura Danielle Hammett Bourgeois and husband Benton, Bryant O’Dare Hammett II (Boh) and Albert Clayton Hammett, Jr. (Bert); nine great-grandchildren, Alyssa Dru and Cullen Brown McIntosh, Catherine Elizabeth, Evangeline Clare and Elenanor O’Dare Martinez, Steven McIntosh and Major Dare Schexnyder, Wesley Hammett Tanner, and Cameron Blair Bourgeois. The family wants to specially thank all family and friends for all their help and prayers during O’Dare’s lengthy illness. Also, many thanks are due to Camilla Hospice and Plantation Oaks for their loving care. Memorial donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church in Ferriday or to the organization of donor’s choice.

Bryant O'Dare Hammett Sr.

November 27, 1931 - October 23, 2017