DEACON HIRAM HAWKINS- Age 85, Of Calhoun, Georgia transitioned peacefully Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Mr. Hawkins was born on August 2, 1938. He was preceded by his parents, Willie Hawkins and Gertrude Finley Hawkins, siblings, two sisters, Maybelle Hawkins Curtis Harris, Odell Hawkins Mann, four brothers, Walter, Albert, Henry, and Lorenzo Hawkins, and son, Neal Hawkins. He was a faithful Deacon of Friendship Baptist Church, retired from Bowater Land Company, and Gordon County Transportation. He loved and enjoyed bowling and fishing.

Survivors are his loving and devoted wife of twenty-seven years, Linda Farmer Hawkins; daughter, Kiawanna Johnson Cabrera; son, Carlos R. Morris; grandchildren, great grandchildren; nieces, nephews, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law; cousins, other relatives, friends, and church family.

Homegoing Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 1:00 P. M. at Friendship Baptist Church, 452 West Line Street, Calhoun, Georgia 30701 with Pastor James Washington, Jr. as Eulogist. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service. Interment, Colbert Cemetery, Calhoun, GA. Arrangements entrusted to Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.