Helen Hawk died Saturday October 18, 2014 at Transitions Hospice Care in Raleigh, North Carolina after a sustaining a broken hip. A grave site service will be held Saturday, October 25 at 10:30 a.m. at Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, MS. Mrs. Hawk was a native of Henrietta, Texas and a long time resident of Jackson and Clinton Mississippi. She worked 19 years in Hospital Administration (UMC) before retiring in 1987. Helen also worked for many years at Emporium Department Store in downtown Jackson. She was a member of Covenant Christian Church. Helen Hawk was preceded in death by her husband John M. Hawk, her parents Douglas and Jennie Ellis , sister Margaret Ashman and a brother Ovid Ellis. She is survived by her daughter Sandra Hawk Emerson and her husband Floyd L.Emerson and a son Jim Ellis Hawk and his wife Polly Hawk, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
