JOANNE B. HAWKINS

JOANNE B. HAWKINS of Morehead City, NC died January 20, 2012 at the age of 60. She joined her father in the operation of James L. Hawkins Funeral Home in South Philadelphia, working as a funeral director for 35 years. She obtained ownership after her father retired in 1990. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Keystone Funeral Directors Association, and president of the Quaker City Funeral Directors Association. She graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service in 1974.