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Emery Otis Hawkins

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Emery Otis Hawkins

Birth
Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Death
1 Jun 1989 (aged 77)
Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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Emery was the SON of: Charles T. Hawkins (a famed rodeo star)and Francis Bruce

1st WIFE-Mary Angeline Felton married 1938
/ divorced
children- Wayne and Bruce
2nd wife- Odette Alice Flood married 1958 in Santa Barbara
children- Nancy

Career:
He got his first art job as an 'inker' of film cells for Walter Lantz Studios. He was a self-taught artist. Quickly, Emery was moved to animator.Next, he moved to Charles Mintz's Studios where he toiled as an animator. He was employed at Walt Disney Studio but did not work on feature cartoons. Emery moved around from job to job, freelancing and working in a number of styles.
Employment included:
* Lantz
* Disney
* Archer
* Warner Bros.
* MGM
* UPA
* Focus
* Pelican
* Zander's Animation Parlour
* Richard Williams

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Honors:
Annie Award:
Winsor McCay Award
- (1986)

He retired in 1982 following an advancing illness. Emery died due to complications of Alzheimers Disease in 1989. He was 77 years old.

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** MEMORIAL VERSE **
"In the night of death,
hope sees a star
and listening love
can hear the rustle of a wing."
BY ~ Robert Ingersoll
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This biography is by Audrey Burtrum-Stanley
Emery was the SON of: Charles T. Hawkins (a famed rodeo star)and Francis Bruce

1st WIFE-Mary Angeline Felton married 1938
/ divorced
children- Wayne and Bruce
2nd wife- Odette Alice Flood married 1958 in Santa Barbara
children- Nancy

Career:
He got his first art job as an 'inker' of film cells for Walter Lantz Studios. He was a self-taught artist. Quickly, Emery was moved to animator.Next, he moved to Charles Mintz's Studios where he toiled as an animator. He was employed at Walt Disney Studio but did not work on feature cartoons. Emery moved around from job to job, freelancing and working in a number of styles.
Employment included:
* Lantz
* Disney
* Archer
* Warner Bros.
* MGM
* UPA
* Focus
* Pelican
* Zander's Animation Parlour
* Richard Williams

++++++++++++++++++++++
Honors:
Annie Award:
Winsor McCay Award
- (1986)

He retired in 1982 following an advancing illness. Emery died due to complications of Alzheimers Disease in 1989. He was 77 years old.

++++++++++++++++++++++++
** MEMORIAL VERSE **
"In the night of death,
hope sees a star
and listening love
can hear the rustle of a wing."
BY ~ Robert Ingersoll
++++++++++++++++++++++++
This biography is by Audrey Burtrum-Stanley


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