Lana Gail Hammond

Shawnee resident Gail Hammond, 82, passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at her home.

A memorial ceremony will be held at Immanuel Baptist Church, Shawnee, OK at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 17, 2023.

Gail was born January 13, 1941 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Everett Doyle Allen and Anna Carol (Caddell) Allen. She attended school in Ada and Shawnee and earned her Bachelor's Degree from East Central University. She married Clifford Don Hammond on September 2, 1967. Gail worked as a social worker for the Department of Human Services before retiring. She enjoyed quilting and was a member of the Spinning Spools Quilting Guild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Alan Jones, two brothers, Jack and Paul Allen, and a sister, Judy Dooley.

Survivors include her husband, Don Hammond of the home, son, John Hammond of Edmond, two daughters, Jennifer Anderson and husband Charles of Longview, TX, and Sarah Hammond of Seminole, two grandchildren, Max Anderson and Mark Anderson of Texas, three great-grandchildren, Mason, Rory, and Cole Anderson, sister, Carolyn Carwell of New Hampshire, and several nieces, nephews, other family and friends.