Betty Hawkins
Posted: January 20, 2017
WEST POINT — Mary Elizabeth “Bettye Brooks” Hawkins, 92, died Jan. 18, 2017, at her residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. Visitaiton will be from 5-7 p.m. Saturday at Calvert Funeral Home. Mrs. Hawkins was born Jan. 10, 1925, to Caley Artis and Moorman Brooks Foreman in Schlater. She graduated from Delta State University. She was previously employed as a secretary at Eastside Elementary School. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and the Red Hat Society. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gains B. Hawkins; brother, Caley Artist Foreman Jr.; and one grandson. She is survived by her children, Gains Benjamin Hawkins Jr. of Salisbury, Maryland, Caley Casper Hawkins of Little Rock, Arkansas, Patricia Brooks Johnson of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Polly Anne Timmerman and Elizabeth Moorman Stringer, both of Starkville; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.