Howard D. Hawks, age 57, former resident of Blacksburg, SC died May 9, 2011 at the Charles George VA Medical Center, Hospice House, Asheville, NC.  He was born in Cleveland Co. NC and preceded in death by one brother.     He was a former employee of FMC Lithium and served in the United States Marine Corp during the Vietnam War.  He loved to build rail buggies. 

SURVIVORS: Wife: Judy Hawks, Grover, NC

 Son: Robert Clifton and wife Antoinette, Ellenboro, NC

Daughter: Lisa Parris and husband Don, Kings Mtn. NC

Father: Robert Clifton Hawks, Sr., Shelby, NC

Mother: Edith Coulson, Hillsville, VA

Sisters: Margaret Aiken, Galax, VA; Linda LaTour, Winston-Salem, NC

Patricia Littlejohn, Galax, VA; Donna Huffman, Blacksburg, SC

4 Grandchildren: Kurstin Hawks, Kings Mtn. NC

Ethan Hawks, Ellenboro, NC; Seth Hawks, Ellenboro, NC and

Will Parris, Kings Mtn. NC

FUNERAL SERVICE: Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel, Wednesday, May 11, 2011

2:00 P.M.    Rev. Stacy Aiken, officiating.

VISITATION:  6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Tuesday evening, May 10, 2011 at Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, NC

INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, North Carolina

MEMORIALS: Charles George VA Medical Center, Hospice Dept., 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28825 

ARRANGEMENTS: HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC