Bruce Wesley Hammer

Celebration of Life Service for Bruce Hammer are set for Saturday, October 5th at 4pm at Memorial Funeral Home with Terry Smith officiating. A Family and Friends Gathering will be from 3pm until service time. Family burial will be at Huntsville Memory Garden, Madison, AL.

Bruce died September 30, 2024, at his residence. He was born December 21, 1940, to Wesley Farson Hammer and Anne Nowak Hammer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bruce moved to Huntsville, Alabama at age 14 where he met the “girl next door”, Barbara Jones and they were married in 1961. They have two sons, Mike (Debra) and Mark (Laurie). Five grandchildren followed, Ashley Sanchez (Danny), Wesley Hammer (Cassidy), Hannah Hammer (Lauren), Daniel Hammer (Jesse), and Paul Hammer (Vittoria). Two bonus grandchildren Zander White and Noelle Spell (Brandon). His great grandchildren are Asa Billingsley, Leo and Lillie Sanchez, Kennedy and Riley Spell, and Olivia and Macey Hammer. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters, Dawn, Diane and Sharon.

Bruce was an avid sportsman including football at Vanderbilt, bowling, tennis, ping pong, long distance running and his favorite, bass fishing. After 4 years in in the US Air Force, as a ground equipment repairman, he obtained a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Most of his career was spent at ITT in Corinth, Mississippi. He was a member of the Church of Christ with special affiliation with Foote Street, Clear Creek, and Strickland. He did mission work in England, Russia and Nigeria.

Pallbearers will be his grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers are Bill Page, Kimble Bolen, Tom Sharp, Raymond Glendenning and Duane Ellis.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to your charity of choice or to Christ Call in Africa, c/o Strickland Church of Christ. PO Box 120, Glen, MS, 38846. These monies will go into the building fund for the Bruce & Barbara Hammer School of Biblical Studies in Uganda. 

Online condolences can be left at www.memorialcorinth.com for the Hammer family.