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Colvin Funeral Home & Crematory…announces this earthly transition of Emma Lee Hammonds Haire, of Fayetteville, NC, who departed this life on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the age of 79. We extend our deepest condolences to the family and all that is connected. Services are entrusted to Colvin Funeral Home & Crematory of Fayetteville. Please keep this family in your prayers during their time of bereavement.

Emma is survived by her siblings Cary Hammonds (Lillie) of Elizabethtown NC, Louise Robinson of Philadelphia, PA; Paulette Jones of Fort Washington, MD; John Franklin Hammonds (Laura, deceased) of Fayetteville, NC, and 2 sister in-laws, Thalia Hammonds, Elizabethtown, NC and Bertha Ford (Douglas) Fayetteville, NC, and 2 brother in-laws Claxton Williams, Fayetteville, NC, and Edwin Jones, Hughesville MD. She leaves behind 2 bonus daughters Minister Peggy Bland and Arlene Burt, 3 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.