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Joy E. Hawkins © Alva Review-Courier 06-2016 Submitted by: Glenn
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CHEROKEE – Funeral service for Joy E. Hawkins, 78, will be Thursday, August 18, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Cherokee First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Cherokee. Viewing will be Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. with family present 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com.
Joy was born on August 19, 1937, to Palmer Miller Eash and Gladys Kingsley Eash in Enid and passed from this life on August 14, 2016, at her home in Cherokee. Joy’s family lived in Enid until 1944 and then moved to Kiowa, Kansas. In 1946 the family moved to Cherokee, where Joy graduated from Cherokee High School in 1955. Joy married Lyle Hawkins on July 1, 1956, in Cherokee. They celebrated 47 years together. They moved to Weatherford where Lyle attended and graduated from pharmacy school in 1960. At that time they moved to Cherokee, and Lyle worked for Smith Drug as a pharmacist. In 1966 Lyle and Joy purchased Smith Drug and owned it until 2000, when their son, Damon, purchased the store. Joy was active in the Chamber of Commerce, ESA Sorority and the UMW Sarah Group. She also enjoyed playing bridge with friends. Joy was a member of Cherokee First United Methodist Church.
Joy was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle in 2003; her parents, Palmer and Gladys Eash; and her sister, Peggy Page.
Survivors include her children, Heidi Newlin and husband David of Cherokee, Damon Hawkins and wife Rebecca of Cherokee and Holly Warfield and husband Val of Enid; six grandchildren, Kent Newlin and wife Barbra, Heather Keith and husband Matt, Devin Warfield and wife Nikki, Whitney Warfield, Austin Hawkins and Mollie Hawkins; and three great-grandchildren, Caiden Newlin, Cooper Newlin and Palmer Keith.
Memorials may be given to Pioneer Spirit for Lyle Hawkins Scholarship Fund through the funeral home.
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