U.S. Army Air Forces.
(U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).
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Son of Velmer and Zelma Hawkins, he and his siblings were raised by his grandfather and grandmother John Henry and Mattie T. Hawkins. He started out as a roughneck in the oil fields in Posey county, IN and then in the LST shipyard in Evansville. He served in the Army Air Force as a Surgical Technician in Gulfport, MS. He worked for Bucyrus Erie for 36 years then retired from Continental Emsco.
He served as a volunteer Special Deputy for the Posey County Sheriff's dept. He was a 50-year member of the Beulah Masonic Lodge in Mt. Vernon, IN, Scottish Rite Valley of Evansville and Hadi Shrine, where he was a member of the Horse Patrol, Legion of Honor, and Hospital Staff. He also belonged to the Sword of Bunker Hill. He was a 50-year member of Owen Dunn American Legion Post 5, Mt. Vernon, IN, and VFW Post 1114, Evansville and was a Kentucky Colonel. While in the Horse Patrol he rode his special white horse Holly, who was blind, in the 1965 Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena California. He also rode in the Super Dome in New Orleans, in the Mesquite Rodeo in Texas, as well as parades in Ontario, Canada, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Dayton OH, and St Louis, MO, just to name a few.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Gail (Cates); two daughters, Susan Henry (Andy) and Barbara Dale Crumbacher (Wendell), one grandson, Marc Crumbacher (Amanda), and two great-grandsons, Nathan and Luke Crumbacher; sister, Lois Lipe, one step-grandson, one step-great grandson, three half-sisters, one half-brother, nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Raymond and Richard.
Funeral services were held at the Alexander West Chapel, officiated by Chaplain Scott Pilkington, with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.
(U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).
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Son of Velmer and Zelma Hawkins, he and his siblings were raised by his grandfather and grandmother John Henry and Mattie T. Hawkins. He started out as a roughneck in the oil fields in Posey county, IN and then in the LST shipyard in Evansville. He served in the Army Air Force as a Surgical Technician in Gulfport, MS. He worked for Bucyrus Erie for 36 years then retired from Continental Emsco.
He served as a volunteer Special Deputy for the Posey County Sheriff's dept. He was a 50-year member of the Beulah Masonic Lodge in Mt. Vernon, IN, Scottish Rite Valley of Evansville and Hadi Shrine, where he was a member of the Horse Patrol, Legion of Honor, and Hospital Staff. He also belonged to the Sword of Bunker Hill. He was a 50-year member of Owen Dunn American Legion Post 5, Mt. Vernon, IN, and VFW Post 1114, Evansville and was a Kentucky Colonel. While in the Horse Patrol he rode his special white horse Holly, who was blind, in the 1965 Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena California. He also rode in the Super Dome in New Orleans, in the Mesquite Rodeo in Texas, as well as parades in Ontario, Canada, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Dayton OH, and St Louis, MO, just to name a few.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Gail (Cates); two daughters, Susan Henry (Andy) and Barbara Dale Crumbacher (Wendell), one grandson, Marc Crumbacher (Amanda), and two great-grandsons, Nathan and Luke Crumbacher; sister, Lois Lipe, one step-grandson, one step-great grandson, three half-sisters, one half-brother, nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Raymond and Richard.
Funeral services were held at the Alexander West Chapel, officiated by Chaplain Scott Pilkington, with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.
U.S. Army Air Forces.
(U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).
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Son of Velmer and Zelma Hawkins, he and his siblings were raised by his grandfather and grandmother John Henry and Mattie T. Hawkins. He started out as a roughneck in the oil fields in Posey county, IN and then in the LST shipyard in Evansville. He served in the Army Air Force as a Surgical Technician in Gulfport, MS. He worked for Bucyrus Erie for 36 years then retired from Continental Emsco.
He served as a volunteer Special Deputy for the Posey County Sheriff's dept. He was a 50-year member of the Beulah Masonic Lodge in Mt. Vernon, IN, Scottish Rite Valley of Evansville and Hadi Shrine, where he was a member of the Horse Patrol, Legion of Honor, and Hospital Staff. He also belonged to the Sword of Bunker Hill. He was a 50-year member of Owen Dunn American Legion Post 5, Mt. Vernon, IN, and VFW Post 1114, Evansville and was a Kentucky Colonel. While in the Horse Patrol he rode his special white horse Holly, who was blind, in the 1965 Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena California. He also rode in the Super Dome in New Orleans, in the Mesquite Rodeo in Texas, as well as parades in Ontario, Canada, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Dayton OH, and St Louis, MO, just to name a few.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Gail (Cates); two daughters, Susan Henry (Andy) and Barbara Dale Crumbacher (Wendell), one grandson, Marc Crumbacher (Amanda), and two great-grandsons, Nathan and Luke Crumbacher; sister, Lois Lipe, one step-grandson, one step-great grandson, three half-sisters, one half-brother, nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Raymond and Richard.
Funeral services were held at the Alexander West Chapel, officiated by Chaplain Scott Pilkington, with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.
(U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).
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Son of Velmer and Zelma Hawkins, he and his siblings were raised by his grandfather and grandmother John Henry and Mattie T. Hawkins. He started out as a roughneck in the oil fields in Posey county, IN and then in the LST shipyard in Evansville. He served in the Army Air Force as a Surgical Technician in Gulfport, MS. He worked for Bucyrus Erie for 36 years then retired from Continental Emsco.
He served as a volunteer Special Deputy for the Posey County Sheriff's dept. He was a 50-year member of the Beulah Masonic Lodge in Mt. Vernon, IN, Scottish Rite Valley of Evansville and Hadi Shrine, where he was a member of the Horse Patrol, Legion of Honor, and Hospital Staff. He also belonged to the Sword of Bunker Hill. He was a 50-year member of Owen Dunn American Legion Post 5, Mt. Vernon, IN, and VFW Post 1114, Evansville and was a Kentucky Colonel. While in the Horse Patrol he rode his special white horse Holly, who was blind, in the 1965 Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena California. He also rode in the Super Dome in New Orleans, in the Mesquite Rodeo in Texas, as well as parades in Ontario, Canada, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Dayton OH, and St Louis, MO, just to name a few.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Gail (Cates); two daughters, Susan Henry (Andy) and Barbara Dale Crumbacher (Wendell), one grandson, Marc Crumbacher (Amanda), and two great-grandsons, Nathan and Luke Crumbacher; sister, Lois Lipe, one step-grandson, one step-great grandson, three half-sisters, one half-brother, nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Raymond and Richard.
Funeral services were held at the Alexander West Chapel, officiated by Chaplain Scott Pilkington, with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.
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