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Submitted: 6/19/22 • Approved: 6/22/22 • Last Updated: 6/25/22 • R520427-G520427-S3
Emma Cathey Hawkins
1876-1959
Her life and her talents devoted to her friends and students
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Funeral services for Mrs. W.D. Hawkins, 83, were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Church with the Rev. Marvin Boyd officiating.
Mrs. Hawkins died Sept. 19 at 10:230 a.m. in the Souden Convalescent Home in Amarillo.
Mrs. Hawkins was born Sept. 9, 1876 in Tennessee. She came to Deaf Smith County in 1905 from Midlothian, Tex.
Survivors include three sons, Donald Hawkins, Abilene, Bill Hawkins, Tulia, Thurman Hawkins, Wichita Falls; two daughters, Mrs. Cathaleta [sic] Wheeless, from Amarillo, Mrs. Caselta [sic] Ross, Wichita Falls and nine grandchildren.
Burial was in West Park Cemetery under the direction of Gililland Funeral Home.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 58th Year-No. 39, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, September 24, 1959, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Emma Hawkins
Death Date: 19 Sep 1959
Death County: Potter
Certificate: 52188
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Emma Hawkins
[Emma Cathey]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 73
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1876
Birth Place: Tennessee
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 19 Sep 1959
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: John A Cathey
Mother: Harrett E Calvert
Contributed on 6/19/22 by neldapat
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