Charlotte Ann Hawes' Obituary
Charlotte Ann Hawes (Williams) passed away on April 14, 2023, in Alpine, California. She was born on February 12, 1941, in Paris, Arkansas to parents Daniel Webster Williams and Sophie Marie Williams. The Williams family settled in Oklahoma and were proud members of the Muscogee Creek Nation. The Williams family eventually landed in Pacific Beach, California. Charlotte attended Pacific Beach Junior High School and Mission Bay Senior High School, where she graduated in 1959. She was raised in the Pacific Beach Church of Christ. Throughout her life, Charlotte worked in several different industries. She worked at First National Bank and as a graphic artist and bookstore manager for Grossmont College. Her two favorite positions were as the Executive Assistant to the Chief of Police at Grossmont College and as an Usher Supervisor for her much-adored San Diego Padres. She retired in the early 2000s. Charlotte was a long-standing member of The Order of the Eastern Star, Harbor Lights Chapter #358, having been initiated in 1987 and serving as Worthy Matron in 1998. In 2011, she was initiated in the Daughters of the Nile. Charlotte loved the service aspect of membership in both organizations as well as spending time with the many friends she made over the years. Charlotte met her future husband, James A. Hawes, while working at First National Bank. They enjoyed many years together until his passing on April 26, 1993. Charlotte was also preceded in death by her parents, Web and Marie Williams, and sisters Betty Lou Edwards, Elva Wheeler, and Carmen Sadler. Charlotte is survived by her daughters, Debra Hawes (Tina) and Lisa McCallister (Ken); her grandchildren Kaleigh Hicks (Kevin) and Jaymee McCallister; as well as the children of her late husband James, Betty Howland and James A. Hawes III. Services will be held on April 26, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. in the Salli Lynn Chapel at Greenwood Memorial Park & Mortuary, 4300 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113.
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