Relatives Attending: Mrs. W.M. Hammond, Kestie V. Hammond, Earl and Florence Kesterson, Mrs. W.J. Hutchings, Denver Colo. Mrs. V.D. Harp, Odessa MO, Mildred Hannah - Odessa Mo, Helen & W.M. Hammond Jr., Norma Chapman - Jefferson City MO.

Those Who Called: L.D. Haigh family, Mrs. Lucy L. Davis, Mrs. John Martin, Rhyshinger, ALpha Hart Lewis, Philip McCullum, Johnnie Wayland family, John Laring, Tilford Goslin, Toolson, Bremer, Cunningham, Armstrong, Phillippe, Waters, Gibbs, Christman, Sanders, Livingston, Johnson, Nichols, Wade, Shock, Osborn, Watson, Amanna, Thomson, Maxwell, Sheppard, Hutchings, Harp, Hannah, McCullum, Bryson, Richardson, Johnson, Means, Pulley, Bowen, Brown, Hall, Martin, Rees, Wacker, McCahon, Mustain, Painter, McQuitty, Totke, Bondurant,

Flowers: Hammond, Kesterson, Chapman, Davidson, Fulhage, Tannehill, Krueger, Ryland, Barnett, Hutchison, Wakeman, Harp, Pulley, Fairchild, Bowen, Springer, Roberts, Stephens College, Hall Counselors, Armstrong, Rees, Cramlet, Snell, Lashbrook, Haag, Payne, Griggs, Duncan, Daniel, Sevier, Haigh, Osborn, Grover, Wayland, Larem, Swartz, Haigh Bremer Bible Class, Gale City Chapter Eastern Star, Reeder, Bess, Richardson, McLaughlin, Mamula, Personell, Pinkston, Pasqwak, Cagan, Brown, Cramer, Basel, Fox, Folker, Murtre, WIndsor, Cheek, Bell, Boxley, Shaw, Moss, Morris, Martin, Douglass, Burks, Hall, Dion.

Western Union -
Mrs. W.M. Hammond 1607 Windsor Columbia MO -
Sorry to learn of Rev. Hammonds homegoing Christian Love Sympathy and Prayers are extended you and family --
Springfield Baptist Church .. Rev. W.M. King Pastor

The First Baptist Church Columbia MO July 14, 1966

Mrs. W.M. hammond --
The members of the Board of Deacons are mindful of your great loss in the passing of your husband. Mr. Hammond was a devoted and loyalmember of teh First Baptist Church of Columbia. His deep spiritual life was an inspiration to his fellow Christians. His love of God and His Kindgom was genuine and ennobling. His going then makes each of us sad but we are cheered by teh belief that he is one of the Almighty's children. To you we express our conceern and genuine sympathy. We know that yoru devotion to God's Kingdom and your belief in life eternal will sustain and comfort you ..

Sincerely --
Ivan A. Anderson, Secretary -- Board of Deacons

UNITED STATES SENATE - Washington D.C.

Mrs. W.M. Hammond --
It was with sorrow that I learned of your great loss. Although I realize there is little one can say or do at such a time, I do want to expres sto you my deepest sympathy. I am sure that the kind wishes of your friends will help alleviate the sadness that has come to you...

Sincerely
Edward V. Long - United States Senator Missouri

Virgie Kesterson Hammond, 89, a former pastor, college counselor and free- lance writer and a Washington area resident since 1968, died of cancer THursday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Alexandria. She lived in Arlington with her daughter, Kestie V Hammond. Mrs Hammond was born in Odessa (Lafayette County) MO. She graduated in 1917 from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville and attended the University of Missouri. She served as assistant pastor of the Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo., from 1917 to 1919. Later she assisted her husband, the Rev. W.M. Hammond in pastorates in South Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri. She had served as an associate superintendent of Women's Missionary Societies in these states. Mrs. Hammond helped establish vacation Bible schools and summer mission camps for children in Kentucky and Missouri. She and her husband, who died in 1966, also helped establish two Baptist churches in Missouri. From 1944 to 1968, when she retired,she was a counselor at Stephens College for women in Columbia Mo. Mrs Hammond also had contributed free-lance articles for magazines and newspapers in this country, Canada and England. She was formerly active in the Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Arlington and in Bible study groups. Besides her daughter, survivors include a son, W M Hammond of Philadephia. The family suggest that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contribution to the World Hunger Program of the Baptist World Alliance here or to the National Hospice Organization in McLean.

The Washington Post February 3 1981

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IN MEMORY OF Mrs. Virgie K Hammond
Deceased January 29, 1981 Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Memorial Service Saturday February 21 2:30 P.M.
Mount Vernon Baptist Church Sanctuary

" The Lord answered our prayers and released Mother from her prison of pain into His presence, Thursday A.M after 8 years illness and 5 days hospitalization. She conquered anguished pains by clinging to the Lord.

She and I are deeply grateful for the many deeds of loving support and comfort from you of her "Christian family", during 12 years of cherished relationships.

Love in Christ - Kestie V Hammond (Daughter)

Certificate of Cremation by J. William Lee's Sons Co..
THis certifies that the remains of Virgie K. Hammond aged 89 years born January 29, 1981 was cremated at the Lee Crematorium, Washington D.C. on January 29, 1981 and these are the cremated remains of said deceased.. Regist # 10569 signed by Robert G. Cladfelter.

T O G E T H E R We climbed the hill, my dear and I We left the pleasant vale below And took the way that toilers go - Twas weary, dreary weather, That we were young and Strong and, Oh, We were Together We climbed the hill, my love and I Much, much, we left upon the way For those who climb must dearly pay And youth waits on no other Our joy was that from day to day We were Together We climbed the hill, my wife and I We gained the summit all things fair Spread out before our vision there And it was sunny weater But little did we know or care Save this, that God had heard our prayer An left us still Together Unsigned -- Believed to be handwritten by William Martin Hammond

Children of Wm. Martin & Virgie Alice (Kesterson) Hammond Kestie Virginia Hammond William Hammond Jr.