Retha June Hammons, age 65 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 5, 2008 at Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Family suggests contributions to the Retha J. Hammons Memorial Fund and may be left at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Retha was born in Clinton, Missouri. She worked for Rival Manufacturing. She was a member of the Tebo Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Dale Hammons of the home; two daughters, Theresa Briggs of Clinton and Nancy Burkhart of Granbury, Texas; three grandchildren, Michelle Green, Talon Burkhart and Ethan Burkhart; two great grandchildren, Makennah Green and Weston Green; two brothers and one sister, Charlie Wayne McNeely, Gene McNeely and Hazel Scott, all of Clinton.