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One such occasion was when I learned that TV writer Steven Knight was in talks over a ballet version of his inter-war Birmingham gangster drama, Peaky Blinders.Īnd another came about an hour ago when an old mate of mine, who tweets anonymously under the name pointed out that the phrase “gammon tendency” is used in Dickens to refer to, well, roughly the same sort of jingoism that popular political meme “gammon” is used to refer to now. are times when I wonder if I’m awake at all – when the more plausible explanation for the state of the world seems to be that I’m midway through a particularly bizarre dream. at Flora Funeral Service, 665 South Main Street, Rocky Mount. His family will be receiving friends Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. Washington Highway, Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Flint Hill United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, c/o Emily Smith, 2536 Booker T. Interment will follow in Franklin Memorial Park. Funeral services will be conducted from Flora Funeral Chapel 11 a.m. Gammons children, Dave Gammons and wife Jane, Steve Gammons and wife Sharon, Joyce McGrath and husband Leo, Lesley Hall and husband Steve, Jennifer Young and husband Randy 12 grandchildren 14 great-grandchildren sister, Dorothy Fisk several nieces and nephews. Gammons retired as a patent attorney in New York and relocated to Rocky Mount where he retired from Boones Mill Elementary School after 15 years of service where he was loved by all the children. He was a member of Flint Hill United Methodist Church and a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Robert Gammons.
He was born on Jin Washington, DC, a son of the late Herman Trafton and Susan Rachel Nourse Gammons. Harold Lester Gammons, age 97 of Rocky Mount, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 19, 2008.
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