Faye Eudora Anderson Hawks
Born: August 9, 1921
Died: May 27, 2012
Beloved Mother, Wife, Grandmother, Friend, Family
Historian, Genealogist, Motivator, Scout Leader,
Primary Teacher, and amazing women devoted to her faith!
Faye with her Brother Raymond Faye with her Youngest Brother Joe
Mary Alice Hill (Faye’s mother) with her 3 oldest babies in front of the
Syracuse home on 1000 West by the cemetery. Faye is the child on the
back of the horse. She was born in the room behind with the window.
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Faye’s dad was her 8th grade teacher and the principle at the 4 room
school in Syracuse. Arthur, his children and the neighbors walked a
mile to school. In the winter he blazed a trail for them to follow. Notice
the girls are wore dress. Faye is on the 2nd row, 3rd from the right.
Arthur Anderson like to buy new cars. This picture is about 1935.
Faye is holding a fish. I bet she thought that was super!
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Grandma Alice kept geese, chickens, baby lambs and Darlene in this
cage. She tended toddle, while Faye worked and Norman was in the Air
Force. Faye and Darlene lived with Grandma and Grandpa at this time.
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Faye married Norman Hawks in the Salt Lake City Temple March 31,
1942 at the age of 22. They lived in Clearfield on Antelope Road after
he came home from war. They built a new red brick home.
They didn’t have anyone to take their picture, so they took each other's
picture.. They met at the White City Ballroom in Ogden. First she
danced with Norman's brother Dan, but Norman caught her eye.
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Grandpa is off to War and Grandma is pregnant with Darlene, despite
the circumstances, she is smiling happy and so in love!
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Norman had leave from the military to come home for Darlene’s birth.
His company left for Normandy France while he was gone and he
ended up in India for World War II. This probably saved his life.
This location of this picture is 24
th and Quincy in Ogden. This is the
home of Norman’s parents., Frank and Chloe Hawks. Frank is in the
background leaning over; grandma is up on the porch. The family
group in front is Faye, Norman and all 6 children. Frank and Chloe
retired to this home in Ogden. Norman never lived here.
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Faye and Norman moved their young family to the farm in Idaho. They
were there for 8 years. It was hard work, they lived in a machine shed
with only a kitchen sink for the first few years until they built another
Red brick home.
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After living in Idaho, they moved to Huntsville. Here is Faye with the
cows on the farm. They grew hay, raised pigs, cattle and turkeys,
raspberries, and peas. This is the farm where the grandkids learned to
run from the mean chickens, pick raspberries and the law of tithing.
For every 10 raspberries you picked, you were able to eat one! Once
Faye killed 30 mice in the house in one day. She also found a snake in
her kitchen cupboard. The grandkids enjoyed swinging over the ditch
in the front of the house on
the willows from the willow
tree, dear hunting as
families, having extended
family get togethers, family
re-unions and swinging on
the big swing in the barn.
Grandma's house in
Huntsville was always an
adventure. One time the bull
got out and all the women
and children had to climb the
haystack in the barn while
them men figured out how to
get the bull back in the
fence.
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Dear Hunting in Huntsville. I am amazed they dressed all of us up and
took us up on the mountain! It was great fun!
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Norman Hawks and their children in the early 1980's.
They have 6 children, 28 grandchildren, 101 great
grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren.
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Faye loved Scouting, she helped hundreds of boys on their pathway to
become Eagle Scouts. Everyone of her sons and most of her grandsons
are Eagle Scouts. She left a great legacy of the importance of scouting!
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Grandma believed everyone was of worth and motivated and inspired
us all to do our very best and NEVER GIVE UP! Do you remember
these signs hanging up in her house?
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For as long as I can remember this sign hung in her china closet in St.
George. She said it was her motto and SHE LIVED BY IT!
She enjoyed volunteering at the Senior Center every week!
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Grandma was thrifty and careful with her money. She liked to hang out
her clothes to dry and didn’t use a dish washer either. This pictures was
taken in the back of her St. George home where Grandpa tried for years
to successfully grow tomatoes in the red sand.
Faye in front of the home on 1000 West in Syracuse by the big white
snow ball bush tree. She would help her mother sell peonies on
Memorial Day for those visiting the cemetery.
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A job well done was of the
upmost importance to Faye.
She worked at Hill Field Air
Force Base for many years. She
was an expert typist. She taught
us to always do the very best
job possible.
Education was important to
Faye and Norman. She
attended classes with her
husband, who was the
oldest graduate from Dixie
State College, to help him
because he was hard of
hearing. She would
attended the classes to take
notes and help him study.
Two of his granddaughters
attended college at the
same time as their
Grandpa.
She was his support and
caregiver. She would drive
him to dialysis multiple
times a week for the last
few years of his life,
crocheting afghans to
distribute to other patients
and loved ones.
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Grandma enjoyed
traveling across the
world! Here she is
July of 2010 at the
age of 89 in
Massachusetts
where Norman's
ancestors settled.
She loved her
ancestors and took
great pride in her
heritage. Research
and family history
was her passion.
Faye is pictured at
Plymouth Plantation.
Norman's 12th great
grandmother Mary
Allerton was the last
surviving Mayflower
passenger, crossing the
Atlantic at age 4 and
settling our great
country.
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Faye with a camel in Israel and Jerusalem in the background. Israel
was her favorite spot to visit. She went there twice. She loved Christ,
learning about his life and walking in his footsteps.
Faye in front of the Coliseum in Rome. In her travels, she visited 50
countries, no more, no less. She loved to travel with her family and
enjoyed learning about the cultures around the world.
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Ciaro, Egypt and the Pyramids
The St. George temple was across of the street the condo she bought in
downtown St. George in 2007. She visited the temple weekly.
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Life was always full, fun and busy with grandma. Here she is on her
90th birthday celebration with the majority of her posterity this past
August of 2011. What a wonderful legacy she has left.
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We Love you Grandma!
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"I love you, with all my heart" is what she'd always say.
I am so very glad to know... I'll see her again someday!
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The Testimony of Faye A. Hawks
Just a few days before she passed away, she took a trip around the
temple grounds, enjoying the beauty and peace that the temple brings.
She dedicated her life to her posterity, her progenitors and to her faith.