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August 17, 2009
In remembrance
A final farewell to three fallen Bronchos James Hammett
April 11, 1990 — July
2, 2009
Emily Gibson
May 24
,
2009
James Corey Hammett„ 19, of Piedmont, OK, died Thursday, July 2, 2009 after being involved in a fatal car accident. He was a resident of OKC until moving to Piedmont his sophomore year of high school. Corey was a 2008 graduate of Piedmont HS where he lettered in football his sophomore through senior years. He had a love for music, motorcross and spending time with family and his many friends. During his freshman year at the University of Central Oklahoma, he was a proud brother of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. Corey was preceded in death by grandparents, Velma Sue & Paul Goode of Chesnee, S.C. and James C. Hammett Jr. of Cowpens, S.C. Corey was the son of Beth Parrett and her husband David of Piedmont; his father Chuck Hammett and his wife Cathey of Spartanburg, S.C. He was the grandson of Diane & Leroy Daniels of Spartanburg, S.C. He was the loving brother of Austin & Brett Parrett. Corey is also survived by many aunts & uncles, Brent Hammett, Mike Daniels, Vicki Greene, Anne & Cliff Parrett, Ann & Steve Goode, plus multiple cousins. Services to celebrate his life will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 8 at Piedmont First United Methodist Church. There will also be a funeral Service on Saturday, July 11 at 11:oo a.m. at Southside Baptist church in Chesnee, SC. The family will receive friends and loved ones an hour prior to the service in the Fellowship Hall. A Graveside service will immediately follow the funeral at Spring Hill Memorial Gardens in Chesnee, S.C. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Corey Drama Hammett Memorial Scholarship Fund, Union Bank, PO Box 12669, Okla. City, OK 73157. It would be Corey's wish to help another Sigma Nu brother in need. Buchanan Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements in Oklahoma City, and Graceland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements in Chesnee, S.C.
Emily Michelle Gibson, a 2o—year-old UCO student, was killed in a single-car crash on May 24, 2009. Gibson was driving northbound on Interstate 235 early Sunday morning when she hit a bridge pillar between 36°' street and 50°1, police reports indicate. Police believe excessive speed could have been a factor. Gibson was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. "Emily was a genuine, warm hearted and compassionate person," said Gibson's younger sister, Robin Gibson. "We all love and miss her so much." Gibson graduated from Edmond Santa Fe High School were teachers remembered her as a lover of French culture and a talented painter, family members said. She also had a love for animals and traveling Europe. Gibson's friend, Kaitlin Nowell, spent last summer visiting sites across Europe with Gibson and recalls, "Emily was very culturally diverse. She loved spending time in Paris, and she had a great love for high renaissance and post impressionistic art." While in college, Gibson joined Delta Zeta. Her Greek sisters said Gibson was the type of friend who "could reach for your hand but touch your heart." "She was the best. She treated everyone like royalty. She was full of love, and her inner and outer beauty was unparallel," said Gibson's close friend, Robert Flynn. Gibson's previous dorm-mate, Chelsea White said, "Emily was always the peace maker, always the positive one. She wanted people to get along and except each other for what they were. She was also very eccentric and truly one of a kind." "Not only was Emily an awesome person," said Kyle Hart, previous UCO classmate and friend, "she was able to bridge social groups that normally would not hang out with each other." Emily Gibson is survived by her mother Victoria J. Gibson, father and step mother Keith R. Gibson and Brandi D. Gibson, sister Robin B. Gibson of Boulder, CO, brother Kyle R. Gibson, stepbrother Ethan Cope both of Edmond, Norma Eastep of Oklahoma City and Keith and Rhetha Gibson of Oswego, NY.
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