Jennie Elizabeth Strother Hawkins

A celebration of the life of Jennie Elizabeth Strother Hawkins, 89, was held Wednesday morning, April 28, 2010, at the chapel of Lord and Stephens, East. Interment in Oconee Hill Cemetery preceded the celebration. She died Sunday, April 25, at her home in Arnoldsville.
Mrs. Hawkins was born in Wilkes County, the daughter of the late George Frederick Strother and Jennie Loflin Strother. She grew up in Washington and moved with her family to Athens in 1938. She was a 1942 graduate of the University of Georgia. Following her marriage to Dillard Hawkins in June, they left for duty with the Army Air Corps. Upon returning from the war, they made their home on his family farm at Cherokee Corners near Arnoldsville. She was a lifelong active member of the Methodist Church and taught the first grade in the Oglethorpe County School System until her retirement. She was active with the Salvation Army Auxiliary, and the Red Cross volunteers at Athens Regional Medical Center. She was a member of Historic Oglethorpe County.
Survivors include her husband, James Dillard Hawkins of Arnoldsville; three children, James Dillard Hawkins Jr. of Athens, Mary Elizabeth Hawkins Nouri of Arnoldsville, and William Richard Hawkins and his wife Susan Leverett Hawkins of Snellville; two grandchildren, William Russell Hawkins and his wife Beth Lott Hawkins, of Atlanta, and Elizabeth Jennings Hawkins of Atlanta.
Memorials may be made to the Methodist Children’s Home in Decatur or the Salvation Army.