Born:  12/03/1963  

Died:  11/07/2011  

Visitation:  6 p.m. until 10 p.m. Thursday at the Little Rosa Old Regular Baptist Church, McDowell, KY.  

Funeral Service:  Friday, November 11, 2011 at 11 a.m. in the Little Rosa Old Regular Baptist Church, McDowell, KY  

Interment:  Morgan Hall Cemetery, McDowell, KY  

 

  

Sherri Irene Hammel 47 of 1640 Monroe Street was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away Monday. Sherri was born on December 3, 1963, the daughter of the late Harold and Ruby Abrams Tackett. Growing up she shared her childhood with 2 sisters Barb and Terri and a brother Harold. Sherri was a proud graduate of McDowell High School and later

 

attended Pikeville Community College and Morehead State University.

 

 

On August 31, 1995, Sherri married the love of her life and best friend Michael David Hammel on the southeast shores of Lake Manitou. Together they shared 16 years of life's adventures. With an extraordinary knowledge of movies, avid movie buffs remember Sherri who shared her expertise while working at the Movie Gallery and Blockbuster. When friends and customers would inquire for the perfect form of entertainment--it was Sherri who could make recommendations and suggests fitting them with the perfect movie, as she was always on the cutting edge. 

 

 

An avid mushroom hunter, each spring would take her to the woods, private locales to hunt the treasured morels. An acclaimed poet, Sherri enjoed expressing herself in written form. She was recognized for her efforts with a variety of awards. Sherri enjoyed all types of music and Scoobie-Doo was her favorite movie character. She loved her two fur babies Coco the Pomeranian - Chihuahua blend and Dakota her loving rat terrier.

 

 

Sherri is lovingly remembered by her husband Mike at home, a daughter Brittany Newell of Bloomington, a son Blayne Hammel of Bloomington three sisters Barb Jones and husband John, Ashland Kentucky, Terri Murphy and husband Beau of Atlanta Georgia, Loretta Blessing and husband Tom of Elkhart, three Brother Harold Tackett and wife Ruth Ann of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Jon Hammel and wife Teresa and Bill Hammel her mother-in-law & father-in-law Lois and Hal Hammel, Uncle Ivan and Aunt Carolyn Abrams, numerous cousins including special cousins Rhonda Abbott and h usband Todd all of Rochester. She also leaves behind her canine companions Coco and Dakota. 

 

 

On Thursday there will be a visitation from 6:00 - 10:00 at the Little Rosa Church. A celebration of the life of Sherri Irene Hammel will be at 11:00 a.m. at the Little Rosa Church with visitation one hour prior to the services. She will be laid to eternal rest next to her mother on the family plot in the Morgan Hall Cemetery, McDowell, Kentucky.