Memorial service for William A. "Bill" Hammond, 74, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2014, in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Paul Lutz officiating. Mr. Hammond died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at his residence. He was born May 1, 1940 in Lawton to Harry W. and Velma Oneta (Aston) Hammond. He grew up in Lawton and was a 1957 graduate of Lawton High School. He earned his associate degree from Cameron University in 1960. He married Lanelle Little on May 10, 1990 in Oklahoma City. He had worked as a mechanic for Burch Machines, the Ford dealership in Lawton and as a mechanic for 20 years in the PSO garage where he became the regional heavy truck engineer. He later worked for CDI, Farm Fresh and Shiflett Transport. For the past ten years he worked as a substitute teacher at the Great Plains Technology Center. He was a member of the Lawton Heights United Methodist Church where he had also served as a youth leader. At one time he raced super modified sprint cars at the Lawton Speedway. He is survived by his wife, of the home; six children and their spouses, CPT Todd and Jennifer Hammond, Magnolia, Texas, Timm and Rhonda Hammond, Poteau, Oklahoma, Teea and John Henry, Lawton, HM1 (SS/SW) Tyson and Christy Hammond, St. Marys, Georgia, J.D. and Helen Peck, Lawton and Steve and Debbie Peck, Carnegie, Oklahoma; thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren; a brother and sister in-law, John W. and Helen Hammond, Lawton; numerous nieces and nephews. His parents, and a sister, Elinor A. Baucom, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to Great Plains Technology Foundation in memory of Bill Hammond, 4500 SW Lee Blvd., Lawton OK 73505.