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William Neal Hamm © Enid News and Eagle 10-2016 Submitted by: Glenn
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Aug 7, 1920 - Oct 14, 2016
The Celebration of Life for William Neal Hamm, age 96 of Enid is 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, at the Covington United Methodist Church, Covington, with the Rev. Dawn Richards officiating. The family will receive friends 4-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at the funeral home. Burial is in the Covington Cemetery, under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
William was born Aug. 7, 1920, in Drumright, to Harry and Elsie Hamm. He was raised in the Covington-Garber Sinclair Oil Field. He attended the Sinclair Oil Elementary School, Garber High School and Enid Business College, where he met his future wife, Harriett Melvin. Following business college, Bill went to Washington D.C. and took a job in the Pentagon with the U.S. Army Air Force. In 1942, he married Harriet Melvin and they were married for 68 years until her passing in 2010. Bill served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-24 pilot. He was assigned to the 8th Air Force, 92nd Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, 2nd Air Division and stationed in Bungay, England. He flew missions in Germany and Europe, for which he was awarded the Air Medal. Returning to the states following the war, he resumed working in the Pentagon before moving back to Covington in 1948.
Bill worked at Vance AFB until 1955, when he was named Postmaster of Covington. He served as postmaster for 20 years, retiring in 1975 with over 30 years of government service.
An active member of Eastern Star, he served as the Worthy Grand Patron of Oklahoma and he was a 32nd Degree Mason as well as a member of the Covington American Legion and the Covington Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by this wife, Harriett; his parents; his brother and sister-in-law; and his sister and brother-in-law.
He is survived by his son, Capt. Melvin Hamm, USN (Ret) and wife, Jennifer; his daughter, Dreda Ryder; and four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Covington United Methodist Church, with the funeral home serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences may be made and the service viewed online at www.LadusauEvans.com.
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