Ancestry.com helped me reunite with my daddy after 21 years. Cancer may have taken him away but I promise I will see you soon. I love and miss you daddy!
Ronnie Charles Hammonds was born on February 26, 1952 in Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee United States to Robert Hammonds and Bonnie Elvira (Buchanen) Hammonds, and had siblings Phyllis Parvin, James Hammonds, Kenneth Wayne Hammonds, Kathy Ball, and Mary Queen. Ronnie Hammonds died at age 68 years old on May 11, 2020 in Palm Harbor, Pinellas County, FL.
I'm a Founder of AncientFaces and support the community answering questions & helping members make connections to the past (thus my official title of Founder & Content and Community Support ). For me, it's been a labor of love for over 20 years. I truly believe with all of my heart that everyone should be remembered for generations to come.
I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director My family began AncientFaces because we believe that unique photos and stories that show who people are/were should be shared with the world.