June 15 1980
Heltonville - Edith Hawkins, 78, R. 1, Heltonville, died Sunday at
Bloomington Hospital.
Born Oct 31, 1901, in Monroe County, she was the daughter of Joseph
and Dessie (Hawkins) Sipes.
She was a member of the Upper Room Pentecostal Church.
Surviving are her husband, Oscar Hawkins; three sons, Lloyd Deckard
and Thurman "Red" Deckard, both of Heltonville, and Cecil Deckard,
Bloomington; one daughter, Lois Prince, Heltonville; one sister, Dorothy
Eads, Smithville; tow brothers, Kenneth, Bloomington, and Jasper,
Heltonville; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Everett Deckard.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Day Mortuary chapel, with the
Rev. Thelma Prince officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home 7 to 9 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 9
p.m. Tuesday, and 10 a.m. until the time of services
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