Obituary of Bettie Blanchard Hawes ~ 2004

Source: Goldsboro News-Argus Jan 29 2004

WALLACE -- Bettie Blanchard Hawes, 84, died Tuesday.
The funeral was to be held today at 4 p.m. at Rockfish Presbyterian Church. 
Mrs. Hawes was born in Pender County and was the daughter of the late Ward 
Caswell Blanchard and Pearl Carr Blanchard. 
She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years, Edward Boyette Hawes,
in 1968, and also by a brother, James Kenneth Blanchard.
She graduated from East Carolina Teachers College and taught elementary 
school for 37 years, both in public and private schools. She served as 
president of Beta Eta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary teacher's 
sorority, and was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma. She was a life-long member
of Rockfish Presbyterian Church, where she served as an elder and worked 
on Presbytery committees. She also taught an adult Sunday school class for 
many years, taught Vacation Bible School, and was a youth leader.
She is survived by her children, Edward Boyette Hawes Jr. and wife, Linda, 
of Jacksonville, N.C., Julian Ward Hawes and wife, Sarah, of Goldsboro, 
Bettisue Hawes Tillman and husband, Joe, of Wallace and Doris Ann Hawes 
Farrior and husband, Keith, of Wallace; nine grandchildren, Eric Blanchard 
Hawes of Princeton, N.J., Zachery Barber Hawes of Jacksonville, Nathan 
Boyette Hawes of Raleigh, Ann Tillman Johnson and husband, Matthew, of 
Clinton, Andrea Tillman Waters and husband, Jason, of Sanford, Bettie Jo 
Tillman of Greensboro, Joseph Andrew Farrior of Wallace, Caroline Hope 
Farrior of Wilmington and Steven Keith Farrior of Wallace; two brothers, 
William W. Blanchard and wife, Catherine, Ward C. Blanchard and wife, 
Joyce, of Wallace; and two sisters, Mary Blanchard Horne of Wilmington and 
Doris Blanchard Brooks and husband, Charles, of Wallace.
The family received friends Wednesday from 6 until 8 p.m. at Padgett 
Funeral Home, and other times at the residence of Joe and Bettisue Tillman,
407 E. Carr St., Wallace.
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