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Mildred Hawks Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jun. 5, 2003.

MILDRED IRENE RICE HAWKS, 81, of Houston, TX, died at her home on Monday, June 2, 2003. She was born on April 5, 1922, in Pittsburg, Kansas to John Stanley Rice and Irene Viola Ahrens Rice. She graduated from Lamar High School and attended Rice University during WWII. She worked as a map draftsman during WWII at Stanlin Oil and Gas and again at Union Oil of California, after raising her six children. Taking an early retirement she concentrated on her business and true passion, rare books. She wrote a weekly column called the Trolley Line for the Bellaire Texan Newspaper as well as contributing her writing and composition skills as an author of a book that has been in print for 34 years, Bellaire's Own Historical Cookbook. She was an active member and publicist many years for the Bellaire Historical Society, the Bellaire Women's Civic Club, the Friends of the Bellaire Library and the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston. She was an advocate of remembering our heritages and cultural diversities and with this she pushed to organize the Bellaire Folk Festival and Bellaire Antique Show. She also hosted the Bellaire Byline cable TV talk show on KBEL in 1974 and 75. She mapped out and publicized the first March of Dimes walk in Houston. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Kelly Adamson of Santa Fe, N.M.; and her brother, John Henry Rice of Hilltop Lakes, TX. Survivors include her sons, James W. Hawks of Fort Worth, TX, and Stanley E. Hawks and Ralph E. Hawks of Houston; daughters, Nedra E. Hawks of Houston and Rebecca Adamson of Santa Fe, N.M.; sister, Alma Jeanne Mauk of Houston; grandchildren, Brent Davidson, Travis A. Hawks, Austin E. Hawks, Clinton B. Smith, and Clayton K. Smith; and her beloved friend Dale Brooks. Visitation: 6:30 pm-8:30 pm, Friday, June 6, 2003 at Earthman Bellaire Chapel, 6700 Ferris. Funeral Service: 10:00 am, Saturday, June 7, 2003, with Pastor Cindy Beck, officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Bellaire City Library, 5111 Jessamine, Bellaire, TX 77401 (713-667-8131)

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Alma Ragsdale Wofford

June 6, 2003

I am the middle daughter of Genevieve Adamson Gracey who was at one time Mildred's sister-in-law. I spent many summer days with "Aunt Mildred" who took me to the Bellaire Library and taught me to love books. Even though we never saw each other again, she gave me a very special gift and she will always have a special place in my memories. Please accept my condolences for your loss.