Birth date: Oct 16, 1939 Death date: Oct 12, 2023
Boyd Henry "Scott" Hammaker, 83, of Nashville, died Thursday, Oct. 12, after two months battling a series of illnesses. Mr. Hammaker, a Pennsylvania native, had lived in Nashville for 37 years. During that time he was self-employe Read Obituary
Scott (Boyd) was a Lewistown High School classmate, and best man @ my wedding. I remember the ‘dance parties’, during high school days, in the basement of Scott’s parent’s house. In the early ‘60’s, he & I both resided in the Washington, DC area, drove matching Alfa Romeo cars, and hung out in the Georgetown folk music scene. Those days are, like Scott, gone but not forgotten. Rest in peace, my old friend.
I met Scott in the late 70s when he was living in Newburgh Indiana at a place called Tides East. I was going through a rough time in my life and after I met Scott he lifted me out of my funk. I called him my guru. He was into yoga and he taped everything in those days. So he and I started taping our conversations and they developed into what we called comedy tapes. I played all kinds of different characters while Scott was kind of the narrator. We had so much fun. I later became a DJ on a radio station here in Evansville and I had Scott on as a guest DJ. Of course Scott did radio time on a station here in Evansville call WJPS. Anyone who ever met him or talk to him knew he had this fantastic voice. When he moved to Nashville he and I lost touch but kept in touch by texting. Scott was way ahead of his time as far as what we call social media today. He was one of the most unique and talented individuals I’ve ever met in my life and I will truly miss him. Rest in peace Scotty surfboard.
For many years Scott has been a source of stoic reminders and general encouragement, he would often say “You’re doing better than you think, keep it up.” Scott was a curator of information, if the guy liked a subject, he became an expert! Photography, fonts, stoic quotes, cat memes, detective novels, and weddings just to name a few. I enjoyed our phone calls and emails, he will be missed. Scott shared a lot of quotes, one of my favorites: “You cannot stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
