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Submitted: 6/25/21 • Approved: 6/25/21 • Last Updated: 6/28/21 • R430927-G430925-S3
William M.
1886-1944
Father
Easter L.
1881-1956
Mother
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary William
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Martin Hawkins
Death Date: 24 Jan 1944
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 70450
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: William Martin Hawkins
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1886
Birth Place: Missouri
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Theodore Hawkins
Mother: Julia Brown
Age at Death: 57
Death Date: 24 Jan 1944
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: William Martin Hawkins
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1886
Birth Place: Douglas, Missouri
Death Date: 24 Jan 1944
Claim Date: 8 Apr 1944
Type of Claim: Death Claim
Notes: 25 Nov 1977: Name listed as WILLIAM MARTIN HAWKINS
Funeral services for William Martin Hawkins, 57, who died early yesterday, will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the St. John's Catholic church with Father Charles A. Knapp, pastor, officiating. Recitation of Rosary will be tonight at 6 p.m. at the Powell Funeral chapel with the Alter Society. Burial will be in Highland cemetery.
Born in Douglas county, Mo., on Oct. 8, 1886, Hawkins had lived in Borger since 1928. He was a charter member of the local carpenters union and served as treasurer for several years. He had also served as business agent.
He is survived by his wife, one son, First Sgt. Francis Hawkins of Fort Benning, Ga.; five daughters, Mrs. Clyde M. Vanderburg of Pampa, Mrs. Fred Lowerthal of Newark, N.J., Mrs. Herbert N. Haddock of Houston, Mrs. Jack Malamphy of Springfield, Mo., and Mrs. George Hollman of Springfield, Mo. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Ed McCarty of Seattle, Wash., two brothers, Ray Hawkins and Ival Rodgers, both of Borger, and seven grandchildren.
Acting pallbearers will be B.B. Yates, H.N. Pruitt, George Gaiser, L.J. Head, D.M. Prater and Frank Snyder. Honorary pallbearers will include Herman Baumher, E.S. Wicker, Roy Turner, H.W. Leonard, Bill Coppock, George Bethel, Harry Balsey and all other members of the local carpenters union, No. 1201.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, January 25, 1944)
*Easter
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Easter L Hawkins
[Easter L Turnbull]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1881
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 10 Sep 1956
Death Place: Fresno
Mother's Maiden Name: Neville
Father's Surname: Turnbull
Contributed on 6/25/21
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Record #: 430927