Shirley Trauth Hawkins, age 90 years, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015 in Slidell, LA. Beloved wife of the late Edmund O. Hawkins. Loving mother of Carol Lynn Hawkins and the late Donald Lee Hawkins. Daughter of the late Milton Trauth and Josephine Stevens Trauth. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at www.stjude.org. She enjoyed gardening, fishing, cooking and collecting cook books. She will be dearly missed by her family, friends, and neighbors. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral mass at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., New Orleans, LA on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Interment will follow in Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. To view and sign the family guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com.