Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Thursday, January 15, 2004

James J. ``J.J.'' Hawthorne

Memorial services for Mr. James J. ``J.J.'' Hawthorne will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 at the Georgetown Baptist Church.

Mr. Hawthorne died at his residence on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004.

He was born in Grant Parish, La., the son of James Walter Hawthorne and Lucy A. Johns Hawthorne.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army, as well as the Merchant Marines. He was a construction electrician and was a member of the VFW.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Lucy Hawthorne sister, Effie Simmons and niece, Jo Beckham.

Survivors include two great-nieces, Lynn Jackson and her family of Port Arthur, Texas, and Tasca B. Allain and her family of Fremont, N.H. and a great-nephew, Kevin Beckham of Houston, Texas.