Cass County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Hawks, Maurice Eugene 
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Cemetery:           Chain Lake Cemetery
Name:               Maurice Eugene Hawks

Date Of Photograph: May 24, 2008
Photo can be seen at:
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Maurice E. Hawks
1926 - 2007

Maurice Eugene Hawks was born 22 December 1926. He was the son of Preston Hawks 
and Hazel Belle Ash.  Maurice Hawks had one sister Mildred Leona Hawks. As a 
teenager Maurice Hawks was baptized in Christiana Creek. Maurice Hawks 
graduated from Cassopolis High School in 1944 and was class Valedictorian. 

Maurice Hawks married Ella May Minisee.  They were the parents of four 
children. K Dwight Hawks, Louise Hawks, Dale Preston Hawks and Alice Marie 
Hawks. Maurice worked as a cabinet maker and in 1966 joined the St. Joseph 
Valley Bank as a teller and advanced to Vice President of Commercial Lending. 
Maurice also tended the family farm his entire life.  The farm was originally 
purchased in the late 1800's.  Maurice Hawks survived cancer and fought heart 
disease.

Maurice Eugene Hawks died 12 September 2007 in Elkhart,Indiana. On Tuesday 18 
September 2007 his funeral was held at the Connelly Funeral Home, Cassopolis, 
Michigan.  Officiating the service was Pastor Sundria H. Wilson and Rev. 
Rebecca R. Mitchell.
Interment was at Chain Lake Cemetery, Calvin Township, Cass County, Michigan.   

Additional Comments:
Contributors: Debra McIntosh, Ancestry of Charles Sidney Smith. 
Side note:  Maurice Hawks once expressed to me that my mother Esther Wilson 
(Sanders)1908-2002 was his first teacher in 1931. Maurice was a member of the 
Book Project Group which met at the Council on Aging Cassopolis, Michigan.  His 
expertise was on the Hawks Family and their history in Cass County.
Transcribed and Photographed by Sharon A. Simeon and Marshall Howe Sanders, 
Jr.  

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