Sarah May Tucker Hawkins

Dr. Sarah May Tucker Hawkins passed away at her home in Terre Haute on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008.She is survived by her husband of 27 years, Lyle Hawkins; her daughter, Tracy Hawkins of Claremont, Calif.; and her son, Stephen Hawkins, of Princeton, N.J. She also is survived by a sister, Lynn Tucker Pennington of Johnson City, Tenn.She was the daughter of the late Evie Tucker and Thomas Ada Hankins Tucker of Livingston, Tenn., and was born on May 2, 1947. She graduated magna cum laude from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., in 1968, with a degree in home economics. She earned a Master of Science in Nutrition degree in 1969, and doctorate in nutrition in 1974, both from the University of Tennessee. She served for 34 years as a professor in the Family and Consumer Sciences Department at Indiana State University, and had planned to retire in May 2009. She earned a number of professional honors including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Carson-Newman College, the Leader Award from the Indiana and American Associations of Family and Consumer Sciences, and the Caleb Mills Distinguished Teaching Award at ISU. She has presented research at national conferences and has published in both professional and lay publications.She and her family have been active members of First Southern Baptist Church and First Baptist Church, where she has served in such capacities as church clerk, deacon chair and moderator, GA leader and WMU director. She also has taught a number of Sunday school classes. Additionally, she contributed many hours to community volunteer organizations, including working with the Kids Hope program at Lost Creek Elementary School, and at St. Ann’s clinic, providing diabetic education to uninsured clients.Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church, 4701 Poplar St., with the Rev. Bernie Jackson officiating. Graveside services are 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, at Good Hope Cemetery in Livingston, Tenn. Visitation is one hour prior to services, in the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Callahan and Hughes Funeral Home, 605 S. 25th St. The family kindly requests that memorial contributions be made to First Baptist Church, 4701 Poplar St., Terre Haute, IN 47803; or St. Ann Clinic, 1436 Locust St., Terre Haute, IN 47807.