Hammond Wesley Seth, 83

BUTLERTOWN, Md. - Hammond Wesley Seth, of Butlertown, departed this life Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore. He was 83.

Hammond was born July 25, 1924, in Ridgely, to the late Raymond E. Seth and Nora Hammond Seth.

He received his early education at Ridgely Elementary School and Lockerman High School.

Hammond later joined the U.S. Army in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1946.

He was employed by Vita Foods and then by Mastens Lumber Co. until his retirement.

Hammond moved to Butlertown many years ago to marry the love of his life, Evelyn Wilson Seth.

He was preceded in death by his wife; one brother, Irvin Seth; and two sisters, Beatrice Simpson and Margaret Henry.

Hammond is survived by his daughter and her husband, Atia and Christopher Johnson Sr. of Severn; his son, Larry Wilson of Severn; one brother, Hoover Seth of Wilmington, Del.; one sister, Velma Fountain of Ridgely; one brother-in-law, Robert Moore of Georgetown; four sisters-in-law, Dorothy Wilson and Irene Moore, both of Georgetown, Hazel Seth of Wilmington and Margaret Seth of Ridgely; four grandchildren, Jontier Robinson, Christopher Johnson Jr., Joaquin Wilson and Tymia Wilson, all of Severn; seven great-grandchildren; a loving and caring niece, the Rev. Janice Blackston; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Olive AME Church, Butlertown, where friends and family may visit two hours prior.

Interment will be in the Mt. Olive AME Church Cemetery.

Arrangements by Bennie Smith Funeral Home.