Beckham Co. OK                     PETER THOMAS HAWKINS
                                      
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   *Note* HAWKINS,PETER THOMAS b.09 Feb 1864 d.27 Dec 1938 burial Carter
   cemetery.Carter,Beckham Co.,Oklahoma.
   
   STROKE FATAL TO COUNTY PIONEER *Funeral services were to be held
   Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist church of Sayre for Peter
   Thomas HAWKINS,74 year old Beckham County Pioneer,who died suddenly
   early Tuesday.
   
   Mr.HAWKINS was going about his chores Tuesday morning when he was
   striken with a heart attack.
   
   Known to his friends as "Uncle Pete".He had lived on a farm four miles
   south and four miles east of Sayre for 37 years.He homesteade on the
   farm and was one of the earliest settlers in this section.Mr.HAWKINS
   was born February 1864 in Tennessee.He has been a member of the
   Methodist church for 10 Years.
   
   Survivors are four sons.Forrist,Mark,Otis,Willis?all of Sayre and 3
   daughters.
   
   Burial will be in the Carter cemetery.Rev.J.L.DAVIS of the Sayre
   Methodist church will officiate of the rites.