Sammy M. Hammer

SAMMY M. HAMMER, SR., age 88, of Dandridge, TN passed away Friday morning, February 24, 2017. He was a member of the Seahorn’s Chapel United Methodist Church and was a retired employee of Jeffrey Mfg. Co. Sammy was a long-time active member of the Brazelton Lodge #190 F. & AM, where he had held many chapter offices; also the Jefferson Co. Shrine Club, and had achieved the level of a 33rd Degree Mason. He was well known in the east Tennessee masonic circle and will be greatly missed by all his fellow masons. Sammy was the son of the late Paul S.M. Hammer and Nellie Trundle Hammer. He was preceded in death by his daughters, Theresa Antol and Lorri Hammer Baker; granddaughter, Brooke Stanley; brother, James Hammer. He is survived by wife, Jean Welch Hammer; son and daughter-in-law, S.M. and Aubrey Hammer, Jr.; grandchildren, Cynthia Gardner and husband, Steve, Kendra Lowery and husband, Tyler, and Kody Stanley (Amber Hiles); great-grandchildren, Nikki Walker, Lindsey Gardner, Ariah Lowery, Kambryn Stanley, Aiden MaHarrey; and brothers, Benton and Francis Hammer. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Seahorn’s Chapel Cemetery Fund, c/o Sara Fox, 2028 Oak Grove Rd., Dandridge, TN 37725. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, February 27, 2017, 1:00pm at Seahorn’s Chapel Cemetery with Rev. John Thompson officiating. Family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 4:00 to 6:00pm at Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge.