Kim C. Hammond

1944 - 2017

Kim C. Hammond, retired Flagler County Circuit Court judge, Florida State University Hall of Famer, beloved husband, father and grandfather, died on July 16, 2017. He was born to William and Virginia Hammond on October 12, 1944, in Miami, Florida. In 1955 he and his brother, Bill, moved with their parents to Melbourne, Florida, where their father was employed by Pan American Airways and was one of the early employees at Cape Canaveral. Kim attended Melbourne High School where he excelled in athletics lettering in football, baseball and basketball. He received a football scholarship to Florida State in 1963 and finally had his first big chance to be the starting quarterback in the second game of his senior year. Eight games later he was an All American quarterback, finished 5th in the Heisman trophy voting and was the Most Valuable Player in the Senior Bowl and Gator Bowl. He was also voted into the Gator Bowl and two FSU Halls of Fame. That year Kim graduated with a degree in Business Management and then began to pursue a law degree at the FSU College of Law. It was at FSU that Kim met his future wife of 49 years, Jan Dunn. They were married in Jan's hometown of Daytona Beach in 1968 and immediately moved to
Miami where Kim had been drafted by the Miami Dolphins. He was traded to the Boston Patriots the following year and was with them for two seasons before retiring from the NFL to complete his law degree. During this time he was also serving 6 years with the Army Reserve, the National Guard and as a Military Police Officer. After his graduation from law school in 1972, Kim and Jan moved to Daytona Beach. He joined the law firm of Green and Strasser which later became Green, Strasser and Hammond. He practiced in Daytona for 7 years and during that time he was an active member of the community serving in the Daytona Beach Rotary Club, the United Way, Boy Scouts, and the Daytona Beach Community College Foundation. Kim also served on the board of the Florida Special Olympics, was the Volusia/Flagler Easter Seals Chairman, coached young local athletes in football and baseball, was on the board of the FSU Seminole Boosters and the FSU Alumni Association and served as a Deacon and Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Daytona Beach. In 1979 Governor Bob Graham appointed Kim as a Circuit Judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit. At 35, he was one of the youngest circuit court judges in the State of Florida. Kim embarked on a legal career that would span 38 years, 31 of which were spent serving as a Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit and as the Administrative Judge for Flagler County. He held numerous leadership positions during these 31 years. He was elected Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit, was a Florida Judicial College Instructor, and was an elected Chairman of the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges. In 2009, a new Flagler County court house was named the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center in his honor. Kim was a man of many varied interests. Whether it was athletics, music or his professional life, he was passionate about everything he did. He was a lover of his family, books, the Seminoles and trips to the beautiful North Carolina mountains. He is survived by his adoring wife, Jan; daughter Paige Wolpert (Ed), son Todd Hammond (Lisa), daughter Amanda Rapp (Steve); and his brother, William Hammond (MaryK). Kim was known as Granddaddy to his grandchildren: Eva and Thomas Wolpert, Wyatt, Josie and Cora Hammond, and Gregory, Natalie and Britton Rapp. The family will receive visitors at Lohman Funeral Home on 1423 Bellevue Avenue in Daytona between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 21. A funeral service for family and church members will be held at 11:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Daytona Beach on Saturday, July 22. Memorial gifts may be given to the National Parkinson Foundation, 200 S.E. 1st Street, Suite 800, Miami, Florida 33131, or to First Presbyterian Church of Daytona Beach, 620 South Grandview Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida 32118.