Mr. Lonnie W. "Bud" Hammett, Sr.

July 10, 1923 - March 23, 2019

Graveside services for Mr. Lonnie W. "Bud" Hammett, Sr., 95, of Henderson, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Ebenezer Cemetery with Jason Taylor officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, March 25, at the funeral home. Mr. Hammett passed from this life on March 23, 2019, at Hospice Homeplace in Tyler after a 3 month battle with leukemia. He was born July 10, 1923, in Rusk County to the late Otis and Ada (Moore) Hammett and lived most of his life in Rusk County. Bud had been a mechanic for Stewart & Stevenson in Houston and later for Crim Truck and Tractor in Henderson. In March 1943, he married Zula Rozelle Ross and the two were married for 49 years. Bud was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Zula Rozelle Hammett, brothers Cleo and Bill Hammett, and sisters Linnie Hatch, Ludie Gale, and Adelle Parrott. Survivors include sons Lonnie Hammett, Jr. and wife Linda, Marvin Russell Hammett and wife Julie, and Jimmy Hammett and wife Kara, all of Henderson, daughter Sissy Sipes and husband Jesse of Henderson, grandchildren Rhonda Little, Tonya Allen, Jeremy Sipes, Christi Sipes, Shaun Hammett, Ashley Hammett, Michelle Winfrey, Ree Channel, Billy Dean Dunklin, and Ronnie Dunklin, and best friend Boo Boo. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.