Springhill, LA
Funeral services for Mary Evelyn Reynolds Hammontree, age 85, will be held at Bailey Funeral Home in Springhill, LA on Saturday April 5, 2025 at 10:00 am with Brother David Permenter and Brother Clay Fuqua officiating.
Interment will be at Cotton Valley Cemetery in Cotton Valley, LA following the funeral service under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home.
Funeral visitation will be held at Bailey Funeral Home in Springhill, LA on Friday, April 4, 2025 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
She was born August 20, 1939 to father, John Foney Reynolds, and mother, Bertie Crowder Reynolds on the Crowder farm 3 miles north of Springhill, LA in Lafayette County Arkansas and died Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Shreveport, LA after a brief illness and is now in the presence of Jesus Christ in Heaven.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Huey Doyle Hammontree Sr.; her parents, John Foney Reynolds and Bertie Crowder Reynolds; daughter, Mary Evelyn “Missy” (Hammontree) Whitham; brothers, Jackie Ray Reynolds, John Charles “Jay” Reynolds and wife, Bobbie; sisters, Betty Jean (Reynolds) Gleason and husband, Billy, Mae Lois (Reynolds) Dyer and husband, Leon, Jo Ann (Reynolds) Grayson and husband, Ray.
She is survived by her son, Huey Doyle Hammontree Jr. and wife, Lynn; grandson T.J. and wife, Mandy; great grandsons Ethan, Eric, and Connor; son in-law Gregory Whitham (estranged); honorary granddaughter, Hailey; many other honorary grandchildren in Grand Cane, LA; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, cousins, and of course many friends.
Evelyn, or Mamaw, as she liked to be called grew up in Bradley, AR and later moved with her family to the Welcome community located in Lafayette county in southern Arkansas just over the state line from Springhill, LA. She and her sister Betty opened a local diner dubbed “The Lumberjack” in Springhill, LA named after the local high school mascot, here she met the love of her life Huey Sr. who she married. Later after being married for a few years, the family moved to Shreveport, LA in 1969 where she would ultimately be employed in the purchasing department of Western Electric. Her husband would work there as well as an industrial mechanic and both would retire from there after a few company name changes, first to AT&T and then to Lucent Technologies. Before Evelyn and Huey Sr., retired the family would go on to live in Grand Cane, LA for quite a few years. Ultimately Mamaw (Evelyn) and Papaw (Huey Sr.) would move back home to Springhill, LA after retirement. They were always active in their local church no matter where they lived. The couple were active in performing gospel music for local retirement centers. Their last two churches that they attended were Grand Cane Baptist Church in Grand Cane, LA and Calvary Baptist Church in Cullen, LA (near Springhill, LA). Mamaw often performed as a clown at the nursing homes during the gospel singings. The couple graduated from Liberty University in 2008 with a degree in Bible.
Evelyn’s final words to you would be: “Make sure you know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior so that I will see you in Heaven.”
Pallbearers will be Steve Reynolds, Scott Grayson, Brent Grayson, Willie Hammontree, Adrian Hammontree, and Mike Watson. Alternate pallbearer will be Matt Redmond. Honorary pallbearer will be Elton Reynolds.
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Bailey Funeral Home
Springhill, LA
318-539-3555