Egbert Holmes Hawkins Jr.

E. Holmes “Hap” Hawkins, Jr. of Easton, died at the Memorial Hospital at Easton, MD on Wednesday, January 28, 2004. He was 78. Born in Harmans, MD January 2, 1926, he was the son of the late Egbert Holmes, Sr. and Nora Phelps Hawkins. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Maryland until serving in the U. S. Army Air Corps during the latter part of World War II. While in the service, he was a boxer. Following his release from active duty, he returned to the University of Maryland where he received his Degree in Agro-Economics in 1948. While at the University, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity and played varsity baseball. After graduation, he farmed in Howard and Anne Arundel Counties. Active in local politics, he served as President of the Howard County Young Republicans and as a part of the Howard County Administration when James Rouse was beginning Columbia. In 1969, he moved to Easton, MD, where he farmed and was active in real estate sales as a Realtor with Walsh & Benson, Anderson-Stokes and Country Properties with whom he was associated at the time of his death. Active in the work of Ducks Unlimited, he served as State Chairman from 1973 until 1976. Other memberships included the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, the Talbot Country Club and the Tred Avon Yacht Club. He served on the Board of the Second National Bank and of the Waterfowl Festival for which he pledged funds to underwrite the first Waterfowl Festival in 1971. An avid Terps fan, he enjoyed gardening, crabbing, fishing, gunning, horse racing, crossword puzzles and stamp collecting. Mr. Hawkins is survived by his wife, the former H. Louise Stephenson whom he married June 28, 1947 in Peoria. IL; three daughters, Janet C. Dowda of San Miguel, Mexico, Tara H. Moore of Polson, MT and Laura H. Garrow of Williamsburg, VA; two sons, J. Randolph Hawkins of Costa Rica and Kelly C. Hawkins of Bishopville, MD; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, January 31st at Noon at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, Easton, where friends may call one hour prior to the celebration. Inurnment will be private. Memorial donations may be made to a favorite local church or charity.