Mr. Billy Gene Hawkins, Sr., 79 of 1191 High Shoals Road, Mooresboro, NC passed away Saturday, September 18, 2010. Services were held at Goodes Grove Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery with military honors by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. 

Mr. Hawkins served our country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Nowlin Hawkins; and his mother, Lola Mae Sailors Hawkins.

He is survived by 3 sons, Billy Gene Hawkins, Jr. and David Wayne Hawkins, all of Mooresboro and Bobby Dean Hawkins and wife Leslie of Kings Mountain; 6 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home, Cliffside, NC is serving the family.