Charles Hawkins
February 2, 1928 — September 8, 2011
Charles Hawkins
Charles Virgil Hawkins, 83, died Thursday, September 8th, 2011 in the Powell Valley Care Center.
He was born February 2, 1928 in Pinedale, Arizona, the seventh of ten children of Alma and Cora Bloomfield Hawkins. He graduated from High School in Gallup, New Mexico. Charles served an LDS mission to the East Central United States at the age of 19. He earned his Master’s degree in Education at Brigham Young University. He served as a carpentry instructor in the U.S. Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. On October 10, 1952 he married Olive Cozzens in the Salt Lake City Temple. He was an administrator and teacher in Gallup, New Mexico for four years before settling with his family in Cody, Wyoming in 1959 and teaching school there for another 15 years. Charles also worked for many years for various construction companies, and he annually raised acres of garden and fruit trees to feed his family.
Charles is survived by all seven of his children: Bruce (Colleen) of Bentonville, Arkansas; Joe (Deniece) of Orem, Utah; Lynette (Ned) Kelley of Cody; Kent (Maureen) of Pocatello, Idaho; Brent (Leslie) of West Jordan, Utah; Mark (Susan) of Mesa, Arizona; and Lonnie (Greg) Clark of Powell. He has 37 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers, George and Paul Hawkins of Utah, and many nieces and nephews. His wife, Olive, passed away in December of 2007.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, September 13th, at 10 a.m. at the LDS Church on Wyoming Avenue in Cody. There will be a viewing and gathering on Monday evening (Sept. 12) from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Thompson Funeral Home in Powell. Visitation with family will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will be at Crown Hill Cemetery in Powell, Wyoming.
He was born February 2, 1928 in Pinedale, Arizona, the seventh of ten children of Alma and Cora Bloomfield Hawkins. He graduated from High School in Gallup, New Mexico. Charles served an LDS mission to the East Central United States at the age of 19. He earned his Master’s degree in Education at Brigham Young University. He served as a carpentry instructor in the U.S. Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. On October 10, 1952 he married Olive Cozzens in the Salt Lake City Temple. He was an administrator and teacher in Gallup, New Mexico for four years before settling with his family in Cody, Wyoming in 1959 and teaching school there for another 15 years. Charles also worked for many years for various construction companies, and he annually raised acres of garden and fruit trees to feed his family.
Charles is survived by all seven of his children: Bruce (Colleen) of Bentonville, Arkansas; Joe (Deniece) of Orem, Utah; Lynette (Ned) Kelley of Cody; Kent (Maureen) of Pocatello, Idaho; Brent (Leslie) of West Jordan, Utah; Mark (Susan) of Mesa, Arizona; and Lonnie (Greg) Clark of Powell. He has 37 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers, George and Paul Hawkins of Utah, and many nieces and nephews. His wife, Olive, passed away in December of 2007.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, September 13th, at 10 a.m. at the LDS Church on Wyoming Avenue in Cody. There will be a viewing and gathering on Monday evening (Sept. 12) from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Thompson Funeral Home in Powell. Visitation with family will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will be at Crown Hill Cemetery in Powell, Wyoming.
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