Funeral services for Hilton Ray Hammons will be held on Friday, February 23, 2024 at 3:00 pm at Red Top Union Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Red Top Union Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Newton County Funeral Home.

Bro. James Shoemaker and Bro. Bobby Boyles will officiate. Mrs. Jeralyn Perkins and Mrs. Michelle Rushing will provide the music.

Mr. Hammons was born Tuesday,  January 18, 1948, in Smith County, MS to R.B. and Ruby Lee Bailey Hammons. He and his wife, Nancy C. (Bassett) Hammons were married for 56 years. They owned Countryside Camper Sales and Services in Forest, MS for 21 years. Prior to that they had a farm in Lake, MS where they raised two daughters. He enjoyed attending church, family, camping, woodworking, and loved to talk. He passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at the MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi at the age of 76.

He was preceded in death by his parents, R. B. and Ruby  Lee Bailey Hammons and two brothers, Charles Hammons and Rayford Hammons.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy  Bassett Hammons of Forest, MS;  two daughters, Jan Hollingsworth (Steven) of Lake, MS and Patricia Hill (Daniel) of Forest, MS; one  brother, Mitchell Hammons (Linda) of Pineville, MS;  two sisters, Annie Boykin of Raleigh, MS and Judy Adcock of Carthage, MS;  five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; eight nephews and eleven nieces.

Pallbearers will be Terry Hammons, Timmy Hammons, Jamie Smith, Bruce Smith, Danny Smith, Elvis Shaw, Roger Bell, and Gary Bell.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 22, 2024 from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Red Top Union Baptist Church, and on Friday beginning at 1:00 pm and continue until service time.

Newton County Funeral Home - North is in charge of arrangements.

An online guestbook may be signed at www.newtoncountyfuneralhome.com