Dorothy Mae Hawkins

June 4, 1945 — July 10, 2021

Dorothy Mae was the second of twelve-children born to parentage of Thurman “Pete” and Myrel-Brown Holland of Holland’s Quarter in Carthage, Texas. As a child she attended school in Panola County. For more than a decade she has been the matriarch of the Thurman

and Myrel Holland family.

When she was an adult Dorothy moved to Kilgore, Texas. There she

met and married Jimmy Lee Smith, to this union one child was born.

She later married William C. Hawkins, to this union no children were born.

Dorothy loved to travel to historical landmarks. On Friday nights you could find her seated on 30-yard line at Henderson Lions Stadium as, a Season ticket holder, cheering on the LIONS. Sunday morning she was off to Sunday School. After church she loved watching & rooting for the Washington Redskins (Washington

Football Team) and whomever was playing the Dallas Cowboys that day.

Dorothy came to know and love the LORD as a child while attending Pine Grove Baptist Church. At the time of her death Dorothy was a known was Mother Hawkins a faithful member of St. John Baptist Church of Kilgore, Texas in the Steber Grove Community.

Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents, Thurman and Myrel

Holland, three sisters, Lucille Crear, Erris Powell and Ruby Williams, two brother Joe Dell Holland and Travis Ray Holland Sr.

Dorothy leaves to cherish her memories one daughter, Annie Myrel Smith; one granddaughter Ma’Kayla Bre-Anne Campbell; one grandson Taurans Mukweyo Ngishu all of Henderson, Tx. One uncle, Travis (Cynthia) Holland of Tyler, Tx; One aunt, Eva Walton of Banning, Ca. Three sisters, Ida (Barron) Goods of Plano, Tx, Gloria Holland of Beckville, Tx and Wanda (Harvel) Davis of Longview, Tx; Three brothers John (Donna) Holland of Dallas, Tx, Cleophas (Janice) Holland of Carthage, Tx, and R.L. Holland of Beckville, TX and a host of nieces and nephews relatives and friends.

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