November 29, 2011 > Man charged with hitting mother with ham Man charged with hitting mother with ham Submitted By AP Wire Service UNION CITY, Tenn. (AP) Nov 16 - Police in Union City, Tenn., have charged a man with throwing a ham at his mother. According to the Union City Daily Messenger, 37-year-old Emanual Cordell Kennedy was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a charge of domestic assault. Brenda King, his mother, told police the two argued at her home and he hit her in the back with the ham while she was walking down a hall. She left the home and went to the police department to report it. --- Information from: Union City Daily Messenger, http://www.nwtntoday.com