Kern County Obituaries

Harold Thomas Hawkins

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 21 Nov 2002

Harold Thomas Hawkins went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on 
Sunday, November 10, 2002 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his 
wife of 53 years, Violet Maud Roberts Hawkins. Rev. Hawkins was born on July 14, 
1910 in Alliance, Ohio, to Esther Barbara (Cameron) and Glenn Hawkins, both 
deceased. He is survived by his daughter, Janet Rae (Eugene) Blackstone, 
Cleveland Heights, Ohio; granddaughter, Rochelle Joy (Chris) Loney of 
Birmingham, Alabama, and grandson, William David Blackstone of Cleveland 
Heights, Ohio. He is also survived by his sister, Lela Myrtle McKenzie of 
Washingtonville, Ohio and brother, Galen Walter Hawkins of Columbiana, Ohio.  He 
was preceded in death by a brother, Vernon Homer Hawkins of Kent, Ohio. Rev. 
Hawkins was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He spent 65 years in the ministry 
preaching the Gospel. He was an ordained minister in the Methodist and Nazarene 
denominations pastoring churches in Iowa, California, and Alabama. Rev. Hawkins 
built and started the Nazarene church in Mojave, California and remained there 
as minister for many years. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, 
November 16, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. at Jefferson Memorial Gardens, Hoover, Alabama. 
The family will receive friends on Friday evening, November 15, 2002, between 
the hours of 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. at Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Hoover, 
Alabama.