Fredrick Jerome "Punch" Hammond

Our loving and caring, husband, son, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and uncle, Fredrick Jerome Hammond was born March 6, 1954 in Grenada, Mississippi to Fred D. and Mary A. (McBride) Hammond. He passed away on Monday, June 22, 2015 at the age of 61 years. Upon completion of high school, he entered the U.S. Army where he served for 12 years, including a tour in Germany. He retired from the City of Saginaw as a Housing Inspector and was currently employed at Nexteer Automotive. Fredrick, affectionately known as “Punch” had many passions. He made his transition doing what he loved, riding motorcycles. He was a member of the Street Riders Motorcycle Club. He also loved fishing and taking people out on his boat. Punch was an avid movie watcher. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and making them happy, sparing no expense! “PaPa” was Superman! Punch was everything to everybody, a true charmer indeed. Fredrick leaves to cherish his memory, his loving and devoted wife, Sharalee Hammond; his children, Lashanna (Sterling) Culpepper, Kwammi (Tanisha) Brooks, Fredrick (Cassandra) Dukes, Frederick Hammond Jr., Fenell Jones, Kristin (Antoine Johnson) Jones, JaLynn (Xavier Hopkins) Jones, Dimesha Handley, Patrick Beyer, Michael (Heather) Nischke, Shane Vark, Charisse Parker, Melanie Kehl, Silvana Kehl, Monique Kehl, Veronique Kehl, Tracy Drath, Quamay J. Henne, and Licia Henne; his mother, Mary Alice Hammond; grandchildren, Thomas Parker, Darius, Kyah, and Dorian Brooks, Mariano, Cecelia, Jennavecia and Fredrick Dukes, Andrez Gurrea, Demetrius Mitchell, Derrius Andrews, JaMarien Taylor-Jones, Branden Goodman, Antoine Johnson Jr., Madison Montgomery, Xavion and Mya Hopkins, Izayah Whitton, Sam, Harper and Penelope Nischke, Lesane Harth, Scarlett, Shetrice and Lena Kehl, and Djana Amy Drath; mother-in-law, Phyllis Andrews; brothers, Jeffrey (Hattie) Hammond and Andre McBride; brother-in-law, Felton (Minnie) Jackson; sisters, Valorie Hammond-Green, Deniece (Dennis Granger) McBride, Freddie Mae Hammond and Jackie Hammond; sister-in-law, Leona Holden; aunts, Linda Jackson, Virginia Garrett, Eleanor Johnson, Jeanette Tinsley, Leotha Murphy, Violet (Curtis) Bland, Michele (Ken) Rose, and Minnie Pearl Armstrong; uncles, John (Susie) Wallace (who raised him like his own son), Charles Douglas, James Tinsley and Jimmie Ward; special cousins, Zollie Stewart, Lynette Williams, Eddie Armstrong, Phyllis Massenburg, Pam (Glen) Frames, Shelia Wright and Sharon Murdock; nieces and nephews, TaRaea Sangster, Dr. Rosalyn (Brennan) Miller, Kela (Eric) McClure, Andreah, Nathaniel, Ashley, Matthew and Shelby McBride, DeAntre Deegs, Katie Reinhart, Ricky, Armond, DeMel, Em’Pris and Malik Johnson, Randy Douglas, Aaron Dennis, Torryan Lyons and Terry Washington; god-children, Eric and Derek Napier, Elmer Curry; special friends, Donna Dennis, Cornell (Ann) Jones, Ben Ervin, Hugh Moore, Bobby Shakespeare, Walter Collier, James Martin, Margie Schnell, Cory (Mona) Hamilton, April Hubbert, Gwen Harris, Jean Parker, and Yvette Pena. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Stella M. Douglas; and sisters, Delores and Debbie Hammond. Funeral service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at the Wolverine State Baptist Headquarters, 615 South Jefferson Avenue. Pastor Lafayette Simpson will officiate with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the Evans & Browne's Funeral Home, 441 North Jefferson Avenue, on Friday from 2:00 until 8:00 p.m.

Fredrick Jerome "Punch" Hammond

March 6, 1954 - June 22, 2015