Funeral services for Mr. Lewis Hawkins age 66, of 1638 MLK Blvd Americus, Georgia will be held on Friday, January 29, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. at the Old Shady Grove Baptist Church in Americus, Georgia with Pastor Jesse Watts officiating. Burial will follow at Staley Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Lewis Hawkins was born on September 12, 1949 in Americus, Georgia to the late Rosa “Auntee” Patterson. He was educated in the Sumter County School System. At an early age he join the Old Shady Grove Baptist Church. Lewis was employed for over fifteen years at Fairfield Trucking Company in Hambury, Arkansas and the last two years at Middle Flint Council on Aging. On January 16, 1974 Lewis married the late Annie Ruth Hawkins.
Lewis died on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at his home in Americus, Georgia. He was preceded in death by a brother Frank Patterson.
Left to cherish his memory are five children: Alisia (Vincent) Britt-Duck, Broderick Antwoine (Natavia) Hawkins, Lewis Jeffery (Lakeshia) Hawkins, Tawana Shai (Dedrick) Turnipseed and Jeremy Rashaan (Brittany) Hawkins; seven grandchildren: Ja’Quessia Lawson, Lewis Javon Hawkins, Anthony Hawkins, Traivian Reynolds, Trinity Hawkins, Madison Hawkins and Adelle Hawkins; six siblings: Gregory (Joyce) Patterson, James (Gracey) Patterson, Patricia Jackson, Barbara Terry (Late Walter), Debra (John) Hall and Reginald “Nitty” (Sandra) Patterson; several other relatives and friends including a devoted friend Ms. Rhonda Reddick, Pip, Johnny, Alvin, Joe, Calvin, Stick, Ulysses and Jethro also survive.
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