Alphonza Hammonds Sr.

Alphonza Hammonds Sr., 71, of Chattanooga, passed away Friday, March 16, 2018, at his residence.

He was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and a member at the Highland Park Congregation. He was employed by Kenco Trucking Company.

Alphonza was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Mary Virginia Hammonds; brothers, Clarence Hammonds, Spencer Hammonds, Lionel Hammonds, and Rodney Hammonds; sister, Carmen Hudgins; and 1st wife, Melanie Hammonds.

Survivors include wife, Tanya Hammonds; sons, Reginald Hammonds, Alquintin (Donna) Hammonds, and Alphonza (Mona) Hammonds Jr.; daughters, Altres Hammonds, Carla (Tracy) Blake, Alana Joye Hammonds, all of Chattanooga, LaTanya (Leaman) Hammonds, of Birmingham, Ala., and Tiffany Hammonds, of Chattanooga; adopted daughter, Melanie Hammonds, of Chattanooga; 21 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; brothers, Ronnie Hudgins, Leon (Joyce) Hudgins, both of Chattanooga, Kenneth Hudgins, Curtis Hammonds, both of Atlanta, Ga., Corey Hammonds, of Shreveport, La., Darryl (Kim) Hammonds, Emory Hammonds, and Timothy Hammonds, all of Memphis, Tenn.; sisters, Virginia Baker, of Cleveland, OH, Dorothea (Earl) Wheathersby, of Cincinnati, OH, and Jackie (Kenneth) Phillips, of Chattanooga; sisters-in-law, Cheryl Hammonds, of Cincinnati, OH and Brenda Hammonds of Chattanooga; a host of nieces; nephews; cousins; other relatives and friends.

He will lie-in-state today after 9 a.m. at Taylor Funeral Home. Funeral service will be Thursday at 1 p.m. in the chapel with Brother Gene O. Hester giving the discourse. Burial in Forest Hills Cemetery.