Madison County AlArchives Obituaries.....Hawkins, R. M. [Robert] December 18, 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Folmar Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00033.html#0008183 January 11, 2016, 10:40 pm “Signs of the Times” Primitive Baptist Periodical, April 1954 Issue R. M. [ROBERT] HAWKINS – Madison Co., Ala. Elder R. M. Hawkins was born in the year 1875 [Dec. 1876 per 1900 U.S. Census] and departed this life Dec. 18. 1953, making his stay on earth nearly 78 years. He passed away suddenly at his home in Huntsville, Ala. In January 1898, he was married to Miss [Mary] Susie Simpson, who died in 1941. To this union were born one son and three daughters. The following daughters survive: Mrs. Pearl Solomon, Huntland, Tenn., and Mrs. Taylor Solomon, South Pittsburg, Tenn. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Brother Hawkins remarried on June 23, 1943, and is also survived by his widow, Mrs. Julia Hawkins. Brother Hawkins united with the Primitive Baptist Church at Mt. Fork, Madison Co., Ala., the third Sunday in August 1910 and was ordained to the full work of the ministry the third Sunday in June 1914. He served as moderator of the Flint River Association for many years. Elder R. L. Biggs conducted the funeral at Mountain Fork Church in the presence of a large congregation of relatives, brethren, and friends. He was wonderfully blessed to speak words of comfort to the bereaved, using Psalms 27:4, “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.” And Romans 8:31, “What shall we say then to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us.” Elder Hawkins will be greatly missed by his family, brethren, and many friends. He was a faithful pastor of all four churches in the Flint River Association. We are now without a pastor, but we believe in an all wise and powerful God Who is able to raise one up at His own time, for He doeth all things well. Let us all say that our loss is his eternal gain. “The eternal Shepherd still survives, new comfort to impart: His eye still guides us, and his voice still animates our hearts.” In humble submission we bow to Thy will, O God. The Flint River Association requests that a copy of this be sent to the widow, Mrs. R. M. Hawkins, R.F.D. 2, Toney, Ala. Written by R. A. Simmons, Plevna, Ala. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/obits/h/hawkins904ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb