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Charles Willis &;Jiawlcins •. r
Charles Willis ‘ Hawkins, prominent building contractor of' • Boston, Virginia died at the University of Virginia Hospital, August 1st, following several •days illness. He was 75 years of age.| • 4 .'.I • Mr. Hawkins was the son of the late George W. Hawkins, also a prominent builder, and Mrs. ttAiin Eliza Burke Hawkins of Rap. pahannock County. He Was bom at ‘ Slate Mills, Virginia., on April 12th, 1883. He had made his home at “Thermopylae,” one of the Colonial homes in Rappahannock for , many years. 1^.. & M X:
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