1904–2002

Introduction

Born: No­vem­ber 20, 1904, Pull­man, Wash­ing­ton.

Died: Ju­ly 17, 2002, St. John’s Hos­pi­tal, Spring­field, Mis­sou­ri.

Buried: White Cha­pel Me­mo­ri­al Gar­dens, Glad­stone, Mis­sou­ri.

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Biography

Hawkins grew up in Wal­la Wal­la, Wash­ing­ton. While in col­lege in Wal­la Wal­la, he served as Ca­det Band­mas­ter in one of the first Re­serve Of­fi­cer Train­ing Corps (ROTC) un­its in the Am­eri­can north­west.

Later, he stu­died vo­cal mu­sic un­der Fred­er­ick Kle­op­per in Ta­coma, Wash­ing­ton, and in Se­at­tle, Wash­ing­ton, un­der John W. Bix­el, found­er and di­rect­or of the Se­at­tle Ora­tor­io So­ci­ety.

Hawkins be­came a Na­za­rene min­is­ter in 1933, and served five pas­tor­ates ov­er the next 2½ de­cades, in­clud­ing 12 years at First Church of the Na­za­rene, Stock­ton, Ca­li­for­nia.

In 1957, he be­came a mu­sic ed­it­or for Lil­le­nas Pub­lish­ing, a di­vi­sion of the Na­za­rene Pub­lish­ing House. He pub­lished some 500 songs in his life­time.

Sources

Lyrics

Help Needed

If you know where to get a larg­er pho­to of Hawk­ins (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),