Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Friday, April 22, 1966

John R. Hawkins Sr.

COLUMBIA (Special) -- Funeral arrangements for John R. Hawkins Sr. 74, of Crossett, Ark., formerly of Columbia, are incomplete under direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home.

Mr. Hawkins died Thursday at a Lake Village, Ark. hospital after a two-day illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Docia Hawkins; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Jo Meredith, Wisner; Mrs. Nancy Chancler, Pine Bluff, Ark.; a son, John R. Hawkins Jr., Ferriday; a sister, Mrs. Georgia Cocheran, Lubbock, Tex.; and a brother, J. M. Hawkins Sr., Columbia.