MSG James Robert “Bob” HAWKINS

1952 - 2015  (62 years)

• Name	James Robert “Bob” HAWKINS  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	MSG
  Birth	10 Oct 1952  [5]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina Which wife is the mother of his 2 sons? jkh JAMES R. HAWKINS Posted Sunday, January 18, 2015 6:00 am U.S. Air Force retired Master Sgt. James R. "Bob" Hawkins, 62, husband of Janice Callahan Hawkins, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at his home. Born in Florence County, he was a son of the late Jesse Jr. and Lollie Newman Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins was a member of Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene. He was the quarterback on the 1969 undefeated state champion Edmunds High School football team. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service and was a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. During his military career, he received numerous awards including the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with four bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, Air Force Good Conduct Medal with five Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, Air Force Overseas Short Tour Ribbon with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with four Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with one Bronze Service Star and an Air Force Training Ribbon. Mr. Hawkins also retired from Sumter Machinery Co. after 14 years of service. He was an avid South Carolina Gamecocks fan. Survivors include his wife of Sumter; two sons, Robert A. Hawkins (Becky) and Adam C. Hawkins (Desiree), both of Sumter; two step-children, Angela Mahoney (Robert) and Keith James Hammond, both of Sumter; nine grandchildren, Matthew Hawkins, Alex Wells, Kaezlyn Hawkins, Brice Cornett, Savannah Mahoney, R.J. Mahoney, Austin Mahoney, Lollie Marie Hawkins and Adam Jesse Hawkins; and one half-sister, Sheila Blackwell (Ted) of West Virginia. Funeral services will be held at noon Monday at Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Sammy Geddings and the Rev. Harold Kirkland officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Chet Dinkins, Phil Prescott, Frankie Frye, Kevin Suggs, Wayne Rucker, Donnie Lovelace, Sam Smith and Brandon Bowman. Honorary pallbearers will be the Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene Men's Softball Team. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Wise Drive Church of the Nazarene, PO Box 1405, Sumter, or Huntington's Disease Society of America, 505 Eighth Ave., Suite 902, New York, NY. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. www.ecsfuneralhome.com  [1, 3, 4]
  MILI	enlisted in the U. S. Air Force 1972- Tech Sgt. 1983 He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service and was a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. During his military career, he received numerous awards including the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with four bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, Air Force Good Conduct Medal with five Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, Air Force Overseas Short Tour Ribbon with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with four Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with one Bronze Service Star and an Air Force Training Ribbon.  [4, 5]
  _UID	9E5B8294F99B49BE9F162807A0AEB436C67F
  Death	16 Jan 2015	at his home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina)
  Burial	19 Jan 2015	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [4]
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I76853	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Jesse T. HAWKINS, Jr.   d. Bef 16 Jan 2015
  Mother	Lollie N. NEWMAN,   b. 7 Jul 1916, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 18 Mar 2002, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1943	Sumter County, South Carolina   [6]
  _UID	90EFC847DD204CC6B6FB07817E022553CE0D
  _UID	90EFC847DD204CC6B6FB07817E022553CE0D
  Family ID	F45609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F53396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Janice CALLAHAN
  _UID	9BECC5172F904F138DD4FC2DFC218646F73C
  _UID	9BECC5172F904F138DD4FC2DFC218646F73C
  Family ID	F154615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1435] Lollie Hawkins. [S5973] Donald-Hawkins. [S10969] New Arrival - Kaezlyn Addison Hawkins. [S22021] James R. Hawkins. [S846] James Belton Newman and Esther Gupton Newman, page 135. [S915] page 954.