Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Belardo, Annie Hawks August 13, 2024
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Graves FH August 2024
Annie Hawks Belardo, 79, peacefully entered eternal rest at her home on Tuesday, 
August 13, 2024. She was born on June 30, 1945, in Burdette, Virginia, to the 
late James Roosevelt Hawks and Bernice Brown Hawks.
Annie graduated from Hayden High School in Franklin, Virginia, and matriculated 
at Norfolk State University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 
History. After graduation, she began her stellar teaching career at Booker T. 
Washington High School in Suffolk, VA. Shortly after having her first child, 
Jose III, she began teaching 2nd grade at St. Mary’s Academy until 1985. In 
1985, she began teaching for Norfolk Public Schools at Coleman Place Elementary 
School. As if teaching a class of twenty or more 2nd graders and having four 
children of her own were not enough, Annie pursued and received her master’s 
degree in Pre-Elementary Education from Norfolk State University in 1988. She 
taught countless students until she retired in 2007.
As a teacher, Annie enjoyed watching the growth of her students. She touched so 
many lives in and out of the classroom with her wisdom, kindness and often tough 
love. She was fond of planting flowers and working in the yard. She also loved 
watching and playing basketball. Above all, she cherished her family. She was 
selfless, dedicated and hardworking.
Annie was preceded in death by parents, James Hawks, Bernice Hawks; siblings, 
James Hawks Jr., Benton Hawks, Robert L. Hawks, Joyce Burney; son, Jose Belardo 
III (Elaine), and grandson, Darren Belardo.
Annie is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Jose H. Belardo Jr. of 
Chesapeake, VA; her children, Mark Belardo (Betyshia) of Chesapeake, VA, Karen 
Dickens (Carl) of Manassas, VA, Joanne Williams (Illinoise) of Virginia Beach, 
VA; her siblings, Richard B. Hawks of Franklin, VA, Bernice Hawks of Virginia 
Beach, VA, and Jasper Hawks of Drewryville, VA; twelve grandchildren, seven 
great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and in-laws.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to The Deeper Window 
Association, a 501(c)3 established by Annie’s oldest son, Jose and wife, Elaine, 
to advocate for families braving dementia.


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