Maurene 'Odie' Hawkins

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Maurene "Odie" Hawkins, 85, lifelong resident of Blytheville, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at St Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Blytheville to the late M.L. and Uala Shelton Hawkins, she was a retired sales clerk at Hawks Pawn Shop for over twenty years.

She was a member of the Main and 13th Street Church of Christ and enjoyed fishing, talking with friends and playing with all the children in her family.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Thompson and Billie Ross.

She leaves her twin sister, Waurene Harrell, and her husband, John, of Monroe, La., and a sister, Peggy Brumfield, of Blytheville;

A niece, Donna Wells, of the home;

Six nieces and nephews; 14 great-nieces and great-nephews; and

Fourteen great-great-nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel in Blytheville. The family will receive visitors from 9:30-10:30 a.m. before the service.

Condolences may be e-mailed to cobbfuneralhome@sbcglobal.net