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Surnames: Hawkins, Henderson, Holmes
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From the
Lebanon Reporter
Lebanon, Indiana
(Boone County)
Monday, October 11, 1937
RITES TODAY FOR
WARD HAWKINS, 50
Services At Bratton
Funeral Home
Funeral services for Ward Hawkins, 50 years of age, who passed away Saturday night at the
Indiana Central hospital, Indianapolis, were held this afternoon at two o'clock at the
Bratton Brothers funeral home. The Rev. C. H. Barnett, pastor of the Central Christian
church, officiated. Burial was made in Bethel cemetery, north of Lebanon.
Mr. Hawkins was born in Clinton county, a son of Elmer E. and Glendora (Henderson)
Hawkins. His father was a native of Boone county and his mother of Ripley county.
Survivors include two brothers, Lee Hawkins, of Frankfort, and A. J. Hawkins, of Calumet
City, Ill., and a sister, Mrs. George Holmes, of Mechanicsburg.
(Ed. note: Mr. Hawkins was born April 14, 1887, per World War I draft registration
records.)