Ernestine Rebecca Hammack

With great sadness, the family of Ernestine Rebecca Hammack, 90, of Midland, announces her passing on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. The family will receive friends from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, Friday, November 14, 2008 at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Chapel in Midland with Gary Tate and Gary Stain, officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00pm, Saturday at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring.Ernestine was born July 5, 1918, in Hamilton, Texas to Nellie and Ernest Tippie. She married Rex Hammack, Sr. in May of 1935 in Sweetwater, Texas.She worked outside the home at Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring as a clerk. Her #1 job was raising and caring for her 11 children. She loved to read and published two books-"Tangled Deceptions" and "Somewhere Out There". She enjoyed sewing, making dolls, making children's clothing and gifts. She also loved gardening her geraniums and feeding all the birds in the neighborhood.Ernestine was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother. She will truly be missed. She left a legacy with her family. She taught them so much and had great strength. She was a member of Golf Course Road Church of Christ.Survivors include son, Rex Hammack, Jr. of Alice; daughter, Rebecca Nell Foster of Coden, Alabama; daughter and son-in-law, Rosie Lee and Larry Barkman of Cleburne; son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and Vickie Hammack of Gatesville; son and daughter-in-law, Roger and Mary Hammack of Gatesville; daughter and son-in-law, Roberta and Robert Riley of Midland; son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Mary Hammack of Spokane, Washington; daughter and son-in-law, Ruth and Ted Bronson of Whitefish, Montana; son and daughter-in-law, Rodney and Ann Hammack of Plano; son and daughter-in-law, Ralph and Mickey Hammack of Harper, Texas; 32 grandchildren; 53 great grandchildren; and 4 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, 1 son, Roland, 2 sisters, Mealdine Principe and Christine Hartley and a granddaughter, Bethel Hammack.The family wishes to express their appreciation to all volunteers who delivered her Meals on Wheels, In Home Care, Nurse Mary Foster, Dr. B at Texas Tech Internal Medicine, Dr. P.J. Patel and Gary Stain, who brought her communion every Sunday morning.Pallbearers will be Israel Rodriguez, Corey Allison, Jacob Hammack, Patrick Barkman, Phillip Barkman and Clinton Irwinsky. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Hammack, Marc Hammack, Jeffrey Foster, Jody Foster, Ronnie Andrew Hammack, Warren Hammack, Robert Hammack, Jeremy Hammack, Ashdon Hammack, Chad Bronson, Adam Bronson and Daniel Bronson. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Midland. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,