Bessie Mary Hutcheson Hammond

Bessie Mary Hutcheson Hammond, 95, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice. A Celebration of Life Visitation was held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at Jones Funeral Home, Jacksonville Chapel.

Mrs. Hammond was born August 3, 1930, to Warren and Sarah James Hutcheson in Roxboro, PA. She retired from property management and was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Sinchak (father of her children); her sister, Alice Reuber; and nephew, Charles Reuber.

Survivors include her daughter, Bernadette Froelich of Jacksonville; sons, Donald Sinchak of Wasola, MO, Frank Sinchak of Jacksonville, Bill Sinchak of White Oak, TX, Michael Sinchak of Jacksonville and Robert Sinchak of Waco, TX; twenty grandchildren; thirty-six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

A graveside service will take place at Washington Cemetery at 10 AM on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.  Those attending the service, please meet at 9:30AM at William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, to process to the cemetery.