This blog post is written to have photos of the family members who are buried in Spring Hill Cemetery on the occasion of the Memorial Service for Sara Ann Sammons Hawkins.
Sara Ann Sammons Hawkins and Marshall Hawkins
Nora Beuhring Hawkins died at the age of 31 from complications from the birth of her second son,
Howard Burke Hawkins. Almost certainly she died of infection that could now easily be treated with antibiotics as she did not die until July 15 and Pop Hawkins was born May 19.
Nora was called Bird.
Jesse Marshall Hawkins
born 1866 in Louisa County, Virginia and died in 1939 in Huntington, WV
Below is photo of Jesse Marshall Hawkins with his daughter-in-law, Mary Ann McGregor Hawkins
Donald....I have nothing on Donald except stories. When Bird died, Daisy took the baby, Howard in. Her sister Mary Davis took Donald in. Mary Beuhring Davis did not have an easy, happy life. I would guess that Donald's life was not nearly so happy as that of Howard who was the baby in a happy home.
Mary Ann McGregor Hawkins
Howard Burke Hawkins 1899 -1980
Howard Burke Hawkins
(1936-1992)
Blanche Poague Hawkins
(Second wife of Jesse Marshall Hawkins)
(1882-
We called her Nana. Perhaps that is part of the reason that I chose that for my grandkids to call me Nana.
She was such a really cute lady. She was 16 years younger than Jesse Marshall Hawkins. They married in 1907. He would have been 41. She would have been 25. They never had children of their own. Marshall brought both of his sons back into his home when they married. The boys were probably ...well Howard would have been about 8....I am not sure how old Donald was. That must have been quite disruptive for everyone. The story in the family was that Nana never learned how to boil water. Blanche's parents moved the huge house that we knew and loved from fourth avenue to sit next door to their home. Granddaddy Marshall always told fond stories about Nana and her parents. I believe that he considered Blanche's parents to be grandparents to him. Perhaps they taught him to play bridge? Granny Mary called her Darling. That perhaps tells you how the relationship was? Why do I tell extra information for this lady who is not related by blood to us? Well she does not have descendants to tell her story.
Luke was a very special child. Extremely brave! We all loved him very much.
Henry Harrison Miller and Eliza Chapman Miller
H.H. Miller died in 1804 at the age of 90. Eliza died in 1893, so she was already buried in this plot when her granddaughter, Bir
And this is the group that met at the cemetery to celebrate the lives of the people who came before
us and are buried in this plot of land:
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