Doris Louise Hawkins

Doris Louise Hopkins Hawkins was born January 8, 1945 in Selmer, Tennessee, the younger of five children born to the late Robert Bennie and May Eleanor Smith Hopkins.

She was united in marriage to Donald Franklin Hawkins on June 1, 1960 in Selmer, Tennessee.

Doris attended the public schools of McNairy County and later received an Associate degree from Jackson State Community College followed by a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. She served actively in Lakeview Baptist Church, having been a member since childhood. Her employment history includes Brown Shoe Company, General Electric, and Devilbiss Air Power.

After her retirement from the work force, she enjoyed traveling; having visited all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, Russia and Europe. Until a few years ago she rode her bicycle over many trails and greenways in both the mid-south and Midwest.

Mrs. Hawkins departed this life on July 9, 2022 in Selmer, Tennessee at the age of 77. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Donald Hawkins; sons Daryl Hawkins and Darren (Tisa) Hawkins; 6 grandchildren: J. T. (Randa) Hawkins, Lauren Hawkins (Joseph) Reed, Cameron Ward, Easton (Taylor) Hawkins, Samuel (Kayley) Hawkins, and Sophie Hawkins; and 7 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Nelda Hopkins McCarter and Rebecca Hopkins DeBerry; two brothers, Winston and Rudolph Hopkins; daughter-in-law, Lori Thomas Hawkins; and two grandchildren, Zachary Clay Hawkins and Addison Leigh Westbrook.

Memorials may be made to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center or Kirkland Cancer Center.