mr. Murl Hammond, age 73, of myrtle Beach, South Carolina, passed away Friday, January 1, 2010 in Georgetown, South Carolina. He was born March 28, 1936 in Fyfe, Alabama. He was the son of the late Milton Elijah and Mary Etta Henson Hammond. he was  self-employed and a member of the Church of God. Mr. Hammond was preceeded in death by brothers, Marchman Hammond, David Hammond, Grover Hammond, Elijah R Hammond, Edward hammond, sisters Katie pike, Vesta Pike, Lottie Richardson, Gladys Mozzella.

Survivors incldue brothers and sisters-in-law, George and Agnes Hammond, Trion, GA, his twin Earl and Reoberta Hammond, Pensacola, FL, sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary Clayton, Cartersville, GA, Clois and John Hicks, Dalton, GA, Lois and carl Anderson, Summerville, GA, Hazel and Albert Garret, Litchfield, Ky, special niece and nephew, Terra Turner, Larry Nelson, special friend, Shirley Sellers.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00pm Sunday, January 3, 2010, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Andy Hutchens officiating with interment in the West Hill Cemetary. Active pallbearers, Kyle Shepard, William Browning, todd Browning, Houston Hammond, Toni Dowdy, Carl Anderson.

Mr. Hammond will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family witll receive friends from 6 to 8pm Saturday, January 2, 2010.