Evelyn Hammett

Mrs. Dorothy Evelyn Rufty "Granny" Hammett, age 81, a resident of Universal Health Care of Concord and formerly of Kentucky Street, departed to her Heavenly Home, Sunday September 5, 2010. Funeral services for Mrs. Hammett will be conducted in Charity Baptist Church at 2:30 pm Thursday, September 9, 2010. Dr. R.J. Hammond and Rev. Ron Bushey will officiate. Burial will follow in Carolina Memorial Park. The body will be placed in the church at 12 noon Thursday and the family will receive friends in the church from 1 to 2:00 pm prior to the service. Born on September 25, 1928 in Rowan County, Mrs. Hammett was a daughter of the late, Franklin G. Rufty, Sr. and Beulah Cauble Rufty. She was a charter member of Charity Baptist Church and had worked in the weave room of Cannon Mills when she retired with over thirty years of employment. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, A.B. Hammett in May 1993 after 47 years of marriage, a brother, Col. Franklin G. Rufty, Jr., and three son-in-laws, Keister Oakley, Butch Corriher, and Mike Steelman. Survivors include her daughter, Dorothye Hammett Steelman Corriher of Salisbury and son, Andrew "Butch" Hammett, Jr. of Concord. Also surviving is a brother, Rev. John M. Rufty and wife, Doris of Franklinville; two sisters, Grace Rufty Osborne of Kannapolis and Edith Oakley Nance and husband, J.T. of Indian Trail; grandchildren, Tajon "Tater" Corriher Burgess and husband, Jesse, Alex Hammett, William Hammett and wife, Katie and Alison Hammett; great-grandchildren, Madison Hammett and Brianna Clark, a niece Donna Oakley Clark and husband, John, and nephew Chris Oakley and wife Lenee'. Her extended family includes, Dr. R.J. "Beaver" Hammond and wife Faye of Kannapolis, Hayden Hammond, Hensley Hammond and Todd Hammond and wife, Kelly. Memorial for Mrs. Hammett may be directed to Charity Baptist Church, 2420 Brantley Road, Kannapolis, NC 28083.