He served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict, attended V.P.I. and graduated from Lynchburg College. He was an active member and elder of Green Acres Presbyterian Church and a retired electronic engineer with the Federal Government, he also enjoyed 12 years of volunteer service at Maryview Medical Center. The family receive friends at Loving Funeral Home the night of April 12, 2001. The funeral is at 1 p.m. today at Updike Funeral Chapel, Bedford. Her husband, Ronnie Hawkins, survives her.
Arrangements are incomplete.
Whitten Monelison Chapel is serving the Hawkins family. Interment will follow in the Fairmont Cemetery, Bedford. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at the Bedford Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Bedford Funeral Home. At an early age, Willie accepted Christ as her Savior at Mount Shiloh Baptist Church in Monroe where she was active in many organizations but found music and singing very strong influences in her life.