Joe Wesley Hammond

Joe Wesley Hammond, 80, of Union City passed away 10 p.m. Sunday, March 18, 2018, at Tennova Healthcare–Dyersburg Regional.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Dr. Cecil Sewell will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from noon until hour of services Wednesday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Carl Wayne Hammond, Mason Hammond, Brad Eason, Steve Owens, Jason Riley and James Gibson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Russell Johnson and Harry Johnson.
He was born Jan. 2, 1938, in Obion County, son of the late Wesley Naul and Beatrice (Harpole) Hammond. He married Brenda (McArthur) Hammond in 1970. She preceded him in death April 17, 2016.
He had been employed as a supervisor at the former Hubbell Lighting in Martin and was a farmer. He was a member of the former Moose Lodge in Union City, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4862 in Union City and had also served in the United States Army.
He is survived by one son, Greg Hammond of Union City; one stepdaughter, Trudi Collins of Union City; three grandchildren, Jackson Donnell of Memphis and Brianna Hammond and Emily Hammond, both of Union City; and one brother and sister-in-law, Tommy and Jane Hammond of Puryear.
He was also preceded in death by one sister, Betty Sue Hornsby; and one brother, James Carl Hammond.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published 3.20.18