We are very sorry to hear
that Charles Hammett passed away on Friday, November
27, 2020. Charles was a native of Glendale. His
Hammett family was one of the early settlers of the
Glendale and Pacolet area. The story of his family
can be read at Charles’
Hammett family story.
Charles was one of the earliest contributors
to this Glendale website. He wrote an interesting
story about playing for the Glendale baseball team
for a short while in the 1950s. It can be read at Charles Hammett and
Glendale Baseball.
Charles was my second cousin. His mother, Ola
McKinney Hammett, was the sister of my grandfather,
Andrew Jackson McKinney. Charles was married for 65
years to my longtime friend and also a cousin,
Frankie Corn Hammett. Read more at the story of our Corn
family.
He started to work at Glendale Mills
part-time when he was still in high school. After
graduating from Pacolet
High School in 1951, he served for a
time in the U.S. Navy. After leaving the service, he
went to work full-time at the Mill. Much of his time
working in the Mill was in the Personnel Office. The
late Rev. Clarence Crocker
provided over 200 articles for this
Glendale website. One of these articles was about
the Mill Personnel Office and it has information and
a photograph of Charles. Read more at Glendale Mills
Personnel Office.
After working at Glendale
Mills for several years, Charles took a
position with the Noland Company of Spartanburg. He
worked at Noland for the rest of his working career
until he retired.
The Obituary for Charles is
shown below.
