Wayne Arnold Hawkins

Wayne Arnold Hawkins

February 10, 1956 – August 9, 2024

On Friday August 9th, after battling an internal infection, Wayne entered internal rest quietly and very peacefully at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bradford Oats. Wayne was born in Washington, DC on February 10, 1956, to the late Bernard Hawkins and Delores E. Hawkins Gibson. He was preceded in death by wife Gwendolyn J. Allen Hawkins. Wayne and Gwen settled in Lanham, Maryland where they lived until her death. Wayne leaves to cherish his memories and his spirit to his sister’s Sharon l. Queen Wasserman, Yvonne C. Jackson (Cordell), Ruth E. Campbell, Angela M. Haynes, Wendy G. Virgil (Luther) and Sandra D. Butscher (James) as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Wayne grew up on Savannah Terrace, S.E. and W Street, S.E. and, many other places in Washington DC and Maryland. He attended Garfield Elementary, Kramer Junior High and Chamberlain Vocational High School, some of his passionate classes in school was photography and wood shop. 

Wayne joined the United States Army on September 7, 1976. He was a Telecommunications Specialist, Tactical Telecommunications Operator and a Cryptographic Machine Operator. Wayne’s last period overseas service was performed in Kaiserslautern (KTown) Germany. Wayne received awards along the way (Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Good Conduct Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Expert Qualification Badge and many more. He was honorably discharged April 26, 1988. Wayne worked with a private company as a security guard at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations (FDIC) and then later became a permanent Federal government employee with (FDIC).

Wayne was a quiet giant in our eyes, very soft spoken and soft hearted. Along the way he made friendships that remained steadfast and strong throughout his life. Wayne loved his music; he would listen to Sam Cook/Temptations/Stylistics/Bobby Womack the O’ Jays and many more. He loved his movies especially SYFY s movies, “old Star Trek” shows as well as “old Military and Western” movies, he would always quiz us on dialogues just to test our memory, he would even act out some of the scenes. Wayne loved frying chicken for Sunday dinner, sometimes it wasn’t always done on one side, IT WOULD BE RED!!!!LOL. He loved preparing and baking grandmom’s homemade biscuits from scratch, now those were good, grandmom Ruth taught him well. Wayne loved his favorite NFL American’s team Dallas COWBOYS!!!!! “HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS” he would always say. Our brother WILL TRULY BE MISSED!!!

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Acknowledgement

The family of Wayne A. Hawkins wishes to express their thanks for all acts of kindness shown during this time of bereavement. May GOD continue to bless each of you.