Helen Ruth Hawkins

Helen Ruth Hawkins, 88, of Rogers, Ark. passed away Friday, March 6, 2015 in Rogers. She was born September 21, 1926 in Bentonville, Ark. to Walter Joseph Haxton and Helen Peel Haxton. She graduated from Bentonville High School in 1944, attended the University of Arkansas and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. After marrying Harold Hawkins in August 1947, she transferred to the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a degree in child psychology. Helen was a loving spouse that traveled around the world with her husband while living in Houston, New Orleans, Tulsa and Chicago. She was an active, devoted mother, serving in numerous organizations including PTA, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. She never missed any event in which her children were involved. She encouraged extracurricular activities as well as education in her family. She and Harold returned to Rogers in 1988, where they lived on Beaver Lake until moving to town in 2005. Helen served on the board for the Rogers Hawkins House Museum and Bentonville Peel House Mansion Museum of which she is a descendant. She was a member of the PEO Rogers Chapter where she made many dear friends. She was an active member of First Christian Church in Rogers and thoroughly loved her Disciples Sunday school class and everyone in it. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 60 years, Harold Miller Hawkins in 2007. Helen is survived by her two sons, Dr. Harold M. Hawkins II and wife, Rene of Vancleave, Miss., W. Herb Hawkins and wife, Loretta, of Afton, Wyo.; one daughter, Anita Humphreys and husband, Dr. Michael Humphreys of Ocean Springs, Miss.; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2015 at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Rogers with the Rev. Shawn Wallace and the Rev. Ronny Nowell officiating. Visitation will be from 10 until service time. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 905 South 13th Street, Rogers, Ark. 72758. Arrangements have been entrusted to Stockdale-Moody Funeral Services of Rogers. Words of comfort and memories may she shared at stockdalefuneral.com.