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A. D. Hawks Obituary
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, June 19, 2010, at 1 p.m. at St. John Baptist Church, with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.
The Rev. Scotty Randolph will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, June 18, 2010 from 7-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
The Rev. Hawks was born July 21, 1931, in Commerce, Ga., to the late Willis Hawks and Beulah Little Hawks.
He served in the U.S. Army (Korean War veteran), served in the community on multiple committees for the Gainesville City Schools Board of Education and retired from the Hall County school system.
The Rev. Hawks was a pastor over six churches, and founded four out of the six churches in the Northeast Georgia and South Carolina area. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and his daughter and son-in-law, Annette and Gilbert Wilcox.
The Rev. Hawks is survived by his wife, Juanita Hawks of Gainesville; his daughters, Phyllis Brewer, Vinita Michelle Hawks-Owens, Patricia (Nick) Kidd, Brenda (Jimmy) Owens and Mary (Thomas) Danielly; his sons, Dennis (Brenda) Hawks and Adell Hawks Jr.; 18 grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; and two sisters, Gaynell Wells and Mary Louise Bonds.
Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA, 30504, is in charge of arrangements.
Send online condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.
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Memories and Condolences
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Larry and Linda Carruth
June 18, 2010
The Hawks Family,
May God be with you, may his promise of eternal life be a comfort to you in the loss of one so dear.
Desiree McDuffie
June 18, 2010
"To the Hawks family, my prayers are with you all. God will be with you through this tough time."
Karen Miller
June 18, 2010
To the Hawks family,
Words cannot even begin to express my sorrow for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May your memories give you strength.
Karen Miller
Andrea Harris
June 18, 2010
Mrs.Hawks,
I am sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you and your family.
Andrea Harris, City of Gainesville
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