Betty Elaine Hawkins

WESLEY – Betty E. (Weisner) Hawkins, 79, went to be with the Lord on June 9, 2012. She was born on May 11, 1933 in Cutler to Ira and Geneva (Bagley) Beam. She graduated from Washington Academy and worked for several years at Downeast Community Hospital. Betty was a lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Natural Bridge Grange. She loved visiting with family and friends, going to church, watching the birds, knitting, doing various crafts, working word puzzles and reading. She was a great cook, well known for her clam pies and dry fish dinners. In addition to her parents, Betty was predeceased by three brothers Leslie Bagley, Ira and Ellis Beam; two sisters Teletha Beam and Teletha Marston; a niece Betty Bagley and a nephew Michael Beam. She is survived by her husband, Alvah Hawkins; four children Jacquelyn Hood and her husband Robert of Princeton, Jocelyn Bailey and her husband Steven of Lufkin, TX, Dana Weisner of New Gloucester and Melissa Weisner of Tampa, FL; five stepchildren, Sherry McLeod and her husband Albert of Crawford, Alvah Hawkins and his wife Cheryl, Barbara Dennison and her husband Kevin, Paul Hawkins and his wife Donna and Ronald Hawkins and his wife Lynn, all of Wesley; 18 grandchildren, Danielle, Chanise, Shaina, Jessica, Tanner, Ben, Garrett, Hannah, Abby, Brandi, Jessica, Victor, Jennifer, Jamee, Caleb, Andria, Casey and Chelsie; 10 great grandchildren; many extended family members and numerous friends. A celebration of Betty’s life will be held in Machias in August. Arrangements are in the care of Mays Funeral Home, Calais & Eastport.