Necia Mae was the last child born to William Franklin Hawkins1848–1945 Winnie Eliza Gulley 1865–1952. Her siblings were: Edward Alvin "Pete" Hawkins 1886–1971, Pete married first Minnie Belle Everhart on Oct 14, 1912 and second, Clarenda Beason in 1923: Myrtle V. Hawkins 1889-1961, Myrtle married first Clarence Weston Baker in 1919, and second, Arthur Marion Myklebost on Sept. 1, 1923: Harley Festis Hawkins 1893 – 1980, Harley married first Ollie Mae Chestnut on June 20, 1913 and second, Emma Katherine Kuster on May 14, 1926. Necia Mae Hawkins* Necia also had three half sibling they were: Lottie Bell Hawkins 1875–1964, Lottie married Thorton Beckner April on 4 1894; Robert Maylon Hawkins 1877–1958, Robert married Candace Jones on June 12, 1901; and John Farmer Hawkins 1880–1944, John married Carrie Bell Watts June 1, 1910.
This is a story that the family liked to tell about, Necia. "It was spring time in Bulls Gap, Tennessee and she had learned to ride a horse. Her older sister, Myrtle, would take the surplus eggs to sell and a shopping list for what she needed to purchase to the general store. Often Necia wanted to go along. They talked about how cute she was with her auburn red curls bouncing as she rode to town. One hand held the reins and in the other she carried an egg to barter for a piece of candy."
Necia attended school at Walker School and St. Clair Academy in Bulls Gap, Hawkins Co., Tennessee. She and her parents moved to Tulare, California soon after the 1920 Federal Census was enumerated. Necia found employment as an operator for the Telephone when she arrived in Tulare and worked there until she was married.
On April 12, 1922 Necia and Joseph DeCamp were married at the Christian Church in Visalia, Tulare Co. California. They made their home in Stockton California where she gave birth to two daughters, Audrey Lorraine DeCamp, b. Nov. 24, 1923, Audrey married Herbert Hoffman on April 12, 1941, and Alice Eleanor DeCamp b. Sept. 2. 1927, Alice married Edward Ruffa on Feb. 11, 1946.
Necia Hawkins DeCamp passed away January 15 1938 at a hospital in Stockton, California, after a memorial service in Stockton her body was returned to Tulare for a funeral service and burial.
Tulare Advance Register………Mon. 7, Jan. 1938 front page
Funeral services will be held at Goble funeral parlors here Tuesday afternoon at 2: o'clock for Mrs. Nccia Mae DeCamp, 37, former resident of Tulare who passéd away Saturday at Stockton following a lingering illness.
The rites will be conducted by the Rev. Lester Shields; former local pastor who now resides in Stockton, burial will be in the Tulare cemetery.
The Deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hawkins of 140 So. B Street in Tulare, and was well known in this city having come here from here with her parents form their former home in Hawkins County Tennessee, 17 years ago.
Besides her parents, those surviving are her husband Joe DeCamp; two daughters Audrey and Alice; two sisters, Mrs. A. M. Myklebost of Corcoran and Mrs. Lottie Beckner, of Tennessee and four brothers Pete and Harley Hawkins of Tulare, and R. M, and J. F, Hawkins of Bulls Gap Tenn.
This is a story that the family liked to tell about, Necia. "It was spring time in Bulls Gap, Tennessee and she had learned to ride a horse. Her older sister, Myrtle, would take the surplus eggs to sell and a shopping list for what she needed to purchase to the general store. Often Necia wanted to go along. They talked about how cute she was with her auburn red curls bouncing as she rode to town. One hand held the reins and in the other she carried an egg to barter for a piece of candy."
Necia attended school at Walker School and St. Clair Academy in Bulls Gap, Hawkins Co., Tennessee. She and her parents moved to Tulare, California soon after the 1920 Federal Census was enumerated. Necia found employment as an operator for the Telephone when she arrived in Tulare and worked there until she was married.
On April 12, 1922 Necia and Joseph DeCamp were married at the Christian Church in Visalia, Tulare Co. California. They made their home in Stockton California where she gave birth to two daughters, Audrey Lorraine DeCamp, b. Nov. 24, 1923, Audrey married Herbert Hoffman on April 12, 1941, and Alice Eleanor DeCamp b. Sept. 2. 1927, Alice married Edward Ruffa on Feb. 11, 1946.
Necia Hawkins DeCamp passed away January 15 1938 at a hospital in Stockton, California, after a memorial service in Stockton her body was returned to Tulare for a funeral service and burial.
Tulare Advance Register………Mon. 7, Jan. 1938 front page
Funeral services will be held at Goble funeral parlors here Tuesday afternoon at 2: o'clock for Mrs. Nccia Mae DeCamp, 37, former resident of Tulare who passéd away Saturday at Stockton following a lingering illness.
The rites will be conducted by the Rev. Lester Shields; former local pastor who now resides in Stockton, burial will be in the Tulare cemetery.
The Deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hawkins of 140 So. B Street in Tulare, and was well known in this city having come here from here with her parents form their former home in Hawkins County Tennessee, 17 years ago.
Besides her parents, those surviving are her husband Joe DeCamp; two daughters Audrey and Alice; two sisters, Mrs. A. M. Myklebost of Corcoran and Mrs. Lottie Beckner, of Tennessee and four brothers Pete and Harley Hawkins of Tulare, and R. M, and J. F, Hawkins of Bulls Gap Tenn.
Necia Mae was the last child born to William Franklin Hawkins1848–1945 Winnie Eliza Gulley 1865–1952. Her siblings were: Edward Alvin "Pete" Hawkins 1886–1971, Pete married first Minnie Belle Everhart on Oct 14, 1912 and second, Clarenda Beason in 1923: Myrtle V. Hawkins 1889-1961, Myrtle married first Clarence Weston Baker in 1919, and second, Arthur Marion Myklebost on Sept. 1, 1923: Harley Festis Hawkins 1893 – 1980, Harley married first Ollie Mae Chestnut on June 20, 1913 and second, Emma Katherine Kuster on May 14, 1926. Necia Mae Hawkins* Necia also had three half sibling they were: Lottie Bell Hawkins 1875–1964, Lottie married Thorton Beckner April on 4 1894; Robert Maylon Hawkins 1877–1958, Robert married Candace Jones on June 12, 1901; and John Farmer Hawkins 1880–1944, John married Carrie Bell Watts June 1, 1910.
This is a story that the family liked to tell about, Necia. "It was spring time in Bulls Gap, Tennessee and she had learned to ride a horse. Her older sister, Myrtle, would take the surplus eggs to sell and a shopping list for what she needed to purchase to the general store. Often Necia wanted to go along. They talked about how cute she was with her auburn red curls bouncing as she rode to town. One hand held the reins and in the other she carried an egg to barter for a piece of candy."
Necia attended school at Walker School and St. Clair Academy in Bulls Gap, Hawkins Co., Tennessee. She and her parents moved to Tulare, California soon after the 1920 Federal Census was enumerated. Necia found employment as an operator for the Telephone when she arrived in Tulare and worked there until she was married.
On April 12, 1922 Necia and Joseph DeCamp were married at the Christian Church in Visalia, Tulare Co. California. They made their home in Stockton California where she gave birth to two daughters, Audrey Lorraine DeCamp, b. Nov. 24, 1923, Audrey married Herbert Hoffman on April 12, 1941, and Alice Eleanor DeCamp b. Sept. 2. 1927, Alice married Edward Ruffa on Feb. 11, 1946.
Necia Hawkins DeCamp passed away January 15 1938 at a hospital in Stockton, California, after a memorial service in Stockton her body was returned to Tulare for a funeral service and burial.
Tulare Advance Register………Mon. 7, Jan. 1938 front page
Funeral services will be held at Goble funeral parlors here Tuesday afternoon at 2: o'clock for Mrs. Nccia Mae DeCamp, 37, former resident of Tulare who passéd away Saturday at Stockton following a lingering illness.
The rites will be conducted by the Rev. Lester Shields; former local pastor who now resides in Stockton, burial will be in the Tulare cemetery.
The Deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hawkins of 140 So. B Street in Tulare, and was well known in this city having come here from here with her parents form their former home in Hawkins County Tennessee, 17 years ago.
Besides her parents, those surviving are her husband Joe DeCamp; two daughters Audrey and Alice; two sisters, Mrs. A. M. Myklebost of Corcoran and Mrs. Lottie Beckner, of Tennessee and four brothers Pete and Harley Hawkins of Tulare, and R. M, and J. F, Hawkins of Bulls Gap Tenn.
This is a story that the family liked to tell about, Necia. "It was spring time in Bulls Gap, Tennessee and she had learned to ride a horse. Her older sister, Myrtle, would take the surplus eggs to sell and a shopping list for what she needed to purchase to the general store. Often Necia wanted to go along. They talked about how cute she was with her auburn red curls bouncing as she rode to town. One hand held the reins and in the other she carried an egg to barter for a piece of candy."
Necia attended school at Walker School and St. Clair Academy in Bulls Gap, Hawkins Co., Tennessee. She and her parents moved to Tulare, California soon after the 1920 Federal Census was enumerated. Necia found employment as an operator for the Telephone when she arrived in Tulare and worked there until she was married.
On April 12, 1922 Necia and Joseph DeCamp were married at the Christian Church in Visalia, Tulare Co. California. They made their home in Stockton California where she gave birth to two daughters, Audrey Lorraine DeCamp, b. Nov. 24, 1923, Audrey married Herbert Hoffman on April 12, 1941, and Alice Eleanor DeCamp b. Sept. 2. 1927, Alice married Edward Ruffa on Feb. 11, 1946.
Necia Hawkins DeCamp passed away January 15 1938 at a hospital in Stockton, California, after a memorial service in Stockton her body was returned to Tulare for a funeral service and burial.
Tulare Advance Register………Mon. 7, Jan. 1938 front page
Funeral services will be held at Goble funeral parlors here Tuesday afternoon at 2: o'clock for Mrs. Nccia Mae DeCamp, 37, former resident of Tulare who passéd away Saturday at Stockton following a lingering illness.
The rites will be conducted by the Rev. Lester Shields; former local pastor who now resides in Stockton, burial will be in the Tulare cemetery.
The Deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hawkins of 140 So. B Street in Tulare, and was well known in this city having come here from here with her parents form their former home in Hawkins County Tennessee, 17 years ago.
Besides her parents, those surviving are her husband Joe DeCamp; two daughters Audrey and Alice; two sisters, Mrs. A. M. Myklebost of Corcoran and Mrs. Lottie Beckner, of Tennessee and four brothers Pete and Harley Hawkins of Tulare, and R. M, and J. F, Hawkins of Bulls Gap Tenn.
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