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Ada Pearl <I>Walker</I> Hawkins

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Ada Pearl Walker Hawkins

Birth
Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA
Death
1960 (aged 74–75)
Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Mosheim, Greene County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Ada Pearl Walker was born to Preston C Walker 1834 – 1915 and Frances 'Fannie' Margaret Newell 1863 – 1915. Her known siblings were; Horry Blackstone Walker 1882 – 1937; Harry B Walker 1882 and Kesler Derward Walker 1891.

In a ceremony on Aug. 11, 1907, Venoy claimed Ada Pearl Walker as his bride. Over the next 19 years Pearl presented him with the following six children: Bertha "Birdie" May Hawkins 1909 – 1996, she married Francis Edward Smith; Callie Lee Hawkins 1912 – 1979, she married Melvin Crittenden; Homer Kyle Hawkins 1914 – 1990. he married Mary Alice Moore; Warren Calvin Hawkins 1917 – 1975, he married Joan Laster; Henry Clay Hawkins 1919 – 1940, he never married; and James Reed Hawkins 1922 – 2012, he married Betty Wheeler.

From the 1910 census, They had been married 3 years and had one baby girl. He and Pearl lived on rented property and he was a general farmer.

The 1930 census revealed that they was charged $12.00 a month to live in a rented home. They declared that they had a radio in their home. To support his family Vanoy was working for wages as a Section Laborer for the Railroad

James Venoy Hawkins' Death certificate confirmed that he was born on April 10, 1882 and died on May 23, 1949 in rural Persia, Hawkins Co., Tennessee. His demise was caused from Congestive Heart Failure that he had been suffering for 3 years. His body was taken to the Homer Stewart Funeral Home to be prepared for burial. His dear wife, Pearl, children, and friends gathered at the Phillips Cemetery in Mosheim, Greene County, Tennessee to bid their beloved husband, father, and friend farewell.

Ada Pearl lived as a widow 11 years after Jim died. Sometime during 1960 God called Pearls spirit home. Her body was buried in the plot next to her beloved husband. (bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)
Ada Pearl Walker was born to Preston C Walker 1834 – 1915 and Frances 'Fannie' Margaret Newell 1863 – 1915. Her known siblings were; Horry Blackstone Walker 1882 – 1937; Harry B Walker 1882 and Kesler Derward Walker 1891.

In a ceremony on Aug. 11, 1907, Venoy claimed Ada Pearl Walker as his bride. Over the next 19 years Pearl presented him with the following six children: Bertha "Birdie" May Hawkins 1909 – 1996, she married Francis Edward Smith; Callie Lee Hawkins 1912 – 1979, she married Melvin Crittenden; Homer Kyle Hawkins 1914 – 1990. he married Mary Alice Moore; Warren Calvin Hawkins 1917 – 1975, he married Joan Laster; Henry Clay Hawkins 1919 – 1940, he never married; and James Reed Hawkins 1922 – 2012, he married Betty Wheeler.

From the 1910 census, They had been married 3 years and had one baby girl. He and Pearl lived on rented property and he was a general farmer.

The 1930 census revealed that they was charged $12.00 a month to live in a rented home. They declared that they had a radio in their home. To support his family Vanoy was working for wages as a Section Laborer for the Railroad

James Venoy Hawkins' Death certificate confirmed that he was born on April 10, 1882 and died on May 23, 1949 in rural Persia, Hawkins Co., Tennessee. His demise was caused from Congestive Heart Failure that he had been suffering for 3 years. His body was taken to the Homer Stewart Funeral Home to be prepared for burial. His dear wife, Pearl, children, and friends gathered at the Phillips Cemetery in Mosheim, Greene County, Tennessee to bid their beloved husband, father, and friend farewell.

Ada Pearl lived as a widow 11 years after Jim died. Sometime during 1960 God called Pearls spirit home. Her body was buried in the plot next to her beloved husband. (bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman)

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s/w J Venoy



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