Lamar-Monroe County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hawkins, Robert Edward Lee April 11, 1940
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clipping from Barnesville, GA newspaper, undated
Funeral Services Held Saturday for R. E. Lee Hawkins
     Final Tribute was paid to R. E. Lee Hawkins with Masonic rites conducted 
from the graveside in Greenwood Cemetery Saturday afternoon, Apri l3.
     Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian Church at two (2:00) 
o'clock Saturday afternoon.  The Rev. Richard Simpson, pastor, was assisted in 
officiating by Dr. L. S. Williams, pastor of the First Baptist Church.
     Mr. Hawkins, a well-known and beloved citizen of Barnesville, died at his 
home on Greenwood Street Thursday night, April 11.  He had been critically ill 
for several months.  He was 69 years of age.
      A native of Atlanta, Mr. Hawkins had made his home in Barnesville for 
the past 41 years.  He was owner of the Coca Cola bottling plant formerly 
operated here, and maintained interests in several other business 
enterprises.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church and before he became 
ill he was active in the affairs of the local Masonic lodge.
     Mr. Hawkins is survived by his wife, the former Miss Maude Thurmond of 
Forsyth; two sons, Augustus Hawkins of Miami, Florida, and Robert Hawkins of 
Bremerton, Washington; three sisters, Mrs. Ann Cochran, Mrs. T. B. Rutherford, 
and Mrs. Durant Smith of Atlatna; two brothers, Sam Hawkins and Joe Hawkins of 
Atlanta; three grandchildren, Bobbie Nell Sherrard, and Betty Hawkins of 
Bremerton, Washington.

Additional Comments:
R. E. Lee Hawkins m. Maude Elizabeth Thurmond on 28 October 1897 in Monroe 
Co., GA.  She was the daughter of William Harrison Thurmond, Jr. and Sara 
Catherine (Buff) Thurmond of Monroe Co., GA.

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