Mary Frances Hammons

A memorial service for Mary Frances Hammons, 91, a Clinton resident will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 18, 2019 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel, officiated by Rev. David Mosburg and under the direction of Keisau-Lee Funeral Home. Mary Frances (Hanes) Hammons was born February 26, 1928 to E.H. Hanes and Frances Orlena Hanes (Elliott) Hanes in Chickasha, Oklahoma and passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019, in the Clinton Therapy and Living Center in Clinton, Oklahoma. She was raised in Lawton, Oklahoma and graduated from Lawton High School. She received her Associate Degree from Cameron College in Lawton, Oklahoma. She married John E. Plank on August 15, 1948 in Lawton, Oklahoma. They moved to Clinton in 1966. She married Ernest Hammons in 1972 and made their home in Hammon, Oklahoma. Her husband, Ernest, retired in 1987 and they moved to Dripping Springs Scout Camp as caretakers. They later moved to Arapaho, Oklahoma. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Arapaho. She was a long-time member of Beta Sigma Fi Sorority. She was a talented seamstress making clothing for herself and her friends and family. She was employed by Kellwood in Clinton and after moving to Hammon, was employed by the Hammon Co-op. After moving to the Clinton area, she worked at 183 Quick Shop, in Arapaho, and Dollar General Store in Clinton where she retired from in 1997. She was preceded by death by her parents, husbands John Plank and Ernest Hammons, and a brother James E. Hanes. She is survived by daughter Kathleen Davis and husband, Tim, of Arapaho, two grandchildren, Adrienne Sewell and husband, Berry, of Clinton and Jake Davis and wife, Diana, of Arapaho, four great-grandchildren, Luke and Andrew Sewell and Decker and Slade Davis, and twin sisters Jeanette Hanes and Janice Posten, both of Phoenix, Arizona.