This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hawkins, Ridle, Lair, Flannagan Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6948 Message Board Post: M.A. Hawkins, former pastor of the Reydon Assembly of God Church passed away at Will Rogers Memorial Hospital on Saturday, June 29th, 1951 at 3:00 a.m. at the age of 74 years. Hawkins was born September 23, 1876, in Franklin, Tennessee, and came to Caddo county in 1911. He moved to Anadarko in 1945 and was a member of the Assembly of God church here. Survivors are his wife of the home address, five sons, Fred E., Fort Worth, Texas; Louis E., Stillwater; Floyd L., Fresno, California; Earl, Merced, California and Robert, Oakland, California. Two daughter, Mrs. Earl Ridle, Anadarko and Mrs. Helen Lair, Tulsa; one sister, Mrs. Vera Flannagan, Jacksboro, Texas, and three brothers, James, Paul and Charlie of Los Angeles, California and Ira of Oklahoma City. He is also survived by a number of grandchildren. Rev. Bealy, pastor of Assembly of God Church of Amarillo, had chargee of the services. Burial was at Gracemont. Friends of the Hawkin's from Roger Millsw County attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Billy Stauber, Sterling McColgin, Reydon, Mrs. Mattie Wheeler, Mrs. Barnard, Elroy Martin and Bernard Elms. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 5-Jul-1951