Funeral Services For Mrs. W. H. Hawkes, 76, Held Here Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. W. H. Hawkes, 76 wife of W. H. Hawkes of LaCoste, and mother of Mr. George T. Hawkes of Flatonia, former Weimar resident, were held at the Masonic Cemetery here Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock Rev. W. H. Barsh of Lockhart, conducted the service, assisted by Rev. Milton S. Leach of Flatonia. Interment was made in the family lot.
Pallbearers were six grandsons: A. W. Ahr, Don S Herzig, Ira Burditt, Jr., Charles Hawkes, and Geo. W. Hawkes.
Mrs. Hawkes, nee Theresa Merion, is survived by her husband and three sons: George T. of Flatonia, Fred H. of Eagle Pass, and Ernest M. of Cierra{sic] Blanca; six daughters: Mrs. A. H. Ahr of LaCoste, Mrs. D. J. Herzig of Converse, Mrs. Ira F. Burditt ot Del Rio, Mrs. Fern S. Dunn of Houston, Mrs. L. R. Nickel of Spofford and Mrs. Chas. L. Austin of Falfurrias; three brothers; twenty grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Three step-children also survive.
Mrs. Hawkes passed away at the family home in LaCoste Sunday morning, Nov. 10, at 6 o'clock, following a brief illness. A native of Medina county, she was widely known and her many friends join in mourning her passing. She was a Gold Star mother, and her son, John P., who died in France In 1918, is buried by her side here.
The Mercury publisher extends sincere sympathy to the Hawkes family in their severe loss.
Weimar Mercury, November 15, 1940, page 1
Funeral Services For Mrs. W. H. Hawkes, 76, Held Here Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. W. H. Hawkes, 76 wife of W. H. Hawkes of LaCoste, and mother of Mr. George T. Hawkes of Flatonia, former Weimar resident, were held at the Masonic Cemetery here Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock Rev. W. H. Barsh of Lockhart, conducted the service, assisted by Rev. Milton S. Leach of Flatonia. Interment was made in the family lot.
Pallbearers were six grandsons: A. W. Ahr, Don S Herzig, Ira Burditt, Jr., Charles Hawkes, and Geo. W. Hawkes.
Mrs. Hawkes, nee Theresa Merion, is survived by her husband and three sons: George T. of Flatonia, Fred H. of Eagle Pass, and Ernest M. of Cierra{sic] Blanca; six daughters: Mrs. A. H. Ahr of LaCoste, Mrs. D. J. Herzig of Converse, Mrs. Ira F. Burditt ot Del Rio, Mrs. Fern S. Dunn of Houston, Mrs. L. R. Nickel of Spofford and Mrs. Chas. L. Austin of Falfurrias; three brothers; twenty grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Three step-children also survive.
Mrs. Hawkes passed away at the family home in LaCoste Sunday morning, Nov. 10, at 6 o'clock, following a brief illness. A native of Medina county, she was widely known and her many friends join in mourning her passing. She was a Gold Star mother, and her son, John P., who died in France In 1918, is buried by her side here.
The Mercury publisher extends sincere sympathy to the Hawkes family in their severe loss.
Weimar Mercury, November 15, 1940, page 1
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