Effie Marie (Reddick) Hammock, 68

Mrs. Effie Marie Hammock "Arie", 68, of Swainsboro passed away Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Community Hospice in Vidalia following an extended illness. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2022, in the chapel of Chapman Funeral Home with Pastor Dean Martin officiating. Interment followed in Brewton Cemetery in Hagan. The family received friends from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Chapman Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hammock was born February 22, 1954, in Sardis to William Alvin Reddick and Minnie Jordan Reddick. She loved to cook and shop for kitchen gadgets. For many years, she decorated cakes. Mrs. Hammock was very loved by her family and friends. She was the most loving and caring person that you would ever meet, and she served as a caretaker for several loved ones. Mrs. Hammock was an active member of Perfected Love Holiness Church and loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who she served faithfully. The family wishes everyone could have known her.

Mrs. Hammock was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Johnny M. Brown; second husband, John Hammock; brothers, William Joseph Reddick, Sydney Lanier Reddick; and special nephews, Lil’ Chuck Dixon, Jr., Harmon “Artie” Williams.

She is survived by her daughter, Joyce Lockwood (Pratt) of Hagan; grandson, Jonathan Lockwood; sisters, Rita Posey of Waynesboro, Betty Alexander of Huntersville, N.C.; special niece, Lisa O. Morris (Frankie) of Waynesboro; several other family members and many friends.

Chapman Funeral Home of Swainsboro was in charge of the arrangements.