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Submitted: 6/25/21 • Approved: 6/25/21 • Last Updated: 6/28/21 • R430947-G430947-S3
1872-1956
Order of Eastern Star
Rest in Peace
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER, Feb. 13 (Special) - Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Sarah Hawks, 83, had not been completed this morning.
Mrs. Hawks, who had lived in Borger for 26 years, was found dead Sunday afternoon in her home, 427 N. Deahl. She apparently had died of a heart attack Sunday morning.
She was born June 13, 1872, in Springfield, Ill. She operated one of the first hospitals in Borger.
She was a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star and was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Survivors include five sons, Art Hawks of Amarillo, T.W. Hawks of Borger, Dura Ray Hawks of Albuquerque, Charles Hawks of Long Beach, Calif., and Carrol J. Hawks of Seattle; a daughter, Mrs. D. M. Hubby of Livermore, Calif.; 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Blackburn-Shaw-Brown.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - Mon, Feb 13, 1956 - Page 3)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Sarah Elizabeth Hawks
Death Date: 12 Feb 1956
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 20575
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Sarah Elizabeth Hawks
[Sarah Elizabeth Shoopman]
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1872
Birth Place: Illinois
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: John Shoopman
Mother: Elizabeth Driskill
Age at Death: 83
Death Date: 12 Feb 1956
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
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