Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 4, 1992 TAG: 9203030053
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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E. Howard Hammersley, Jr., Colonel USAF Retired, died March 2 at his home. A Roanoke native, he attended Jefferson High School and graduated from Roanoke College in 1938. For 42 years he was a photographer with the Roanoke Times & World-News, receiving many honors and awards for his coverage of events in the history of Virginia and the United States. His works have been shown in numerous one-man exhibitions throughout the state. He has given his news photographs to Roanoke College. In 1941 he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps, served in England and North Africa, and was Chief Photo Officer for the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean Theater. His war photographs have been featured in many anthologies and publications, and his extensive collection has been given to the George C. Marshall Library at VMI. He was commanding officer of the 8373rd Air Force Reserve Unit when he retired in 1972. He is survived by his wife, Anne; six children and six grandchildren, Elizabeth Barber and sons, Bill Burton, Salem, and Robert Burton, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.; Karen Hammersley, Norfolk; Lisa and Bill Reynolds, Lindsey and Scott, Richmond; Robert and Gail Hammersley, Jenny and Chrissy, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.; Charles and Judy Hammersley, Moscow, Idaho; James and Patricia Hammersley, Deltona, Fla.; his sister, Rachel Cassell, Pulaski. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke. Friends may call at the home. Col. Hammersley requested that in lieu of flowers memorials be made to the Center in the Square Endowment Fund or the Roanoke College Valley Scholarship Fund.
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