He is preceded in death by his parents, Charlie Henry Hawker and Alice Ruth Grimes Hawker; and his sisters, Carolyn and Jean.
Charles worked as a factory worker for E.R. Carpenter. He enjoyed walks.
His children survive him: Charles Robert Hawker, Jr., and his wife Kathy, and Annette H. Collum and her husband Grayland; cherished grandchildren, Melanie, Timothy, Adam, Johnathan, Hannah, and great-grandchildren, Aubrey, Autumn, and Emily. He is also survived by his sisters, BarbarAnn, Gloria, and Louise, and his life-long friend Sylvia Jean H. Vaden.
A graveside service will be held at Signal Hill Memorial Park, 12360 Hanover Courthouse Rd., Hanover, VA, on Thursday, July 30, at
2 PM.