Kate Briggs Hawkins

Service & Contributions: Wife of Frank Lee Hawkins

Birth: August 29, 1867

Death: March 19, 1951

Burial: March 20, 1951

Location

Republic Hill, Section 1

Row: C

Number: 8

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Kate Briggs Hawkins

HAWKINS, KATE BRIGGS (1867~1951) Kate Briggs Hawkins was born August 29, 1867, in Texas, to Dr. W. T. Briggs, of Tennessee, and Nancy Rogers, of Texas. Mrs. Hawkins died March 19, 1951, and was buried in the State Cemetery the next day.

Hawkins

Frank Lee
Nov. 18, 1866
Sept. 26, 1954

Kate Briggs
Aug. 29, 1867
Mar. 19, 1951

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Judge F. L. Hawkins

Born in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
County Attorney, Ellis County
1896 - 1900
County Judge, Ellis County
1902 - 1906
District Judge, 40th Judicial District
1906 - 1921
Associate Justice, Court of Criminal Appeals
1921 - 1939
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals
1939 - 1951
Retired in 1951