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Dateline: March 19, 2001
This week's Carrie's Corner is the last of a three part series about country music
legends; Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins.
Facts About Harold Franklin (Hawkshaw) Hawkins
Born: December 21st 1921 in Huntington West Virginia.
Died: March 5th 1963
Reportedly at age 13 he traded several rabbits for a homemade guitar and taught himself how to play it.
Hawk obtained his nickname from a neighbor when he was a boy. It came from the 1843 Tom Taylor play "Ticket To Leave Man," and the Gus Mager comic strip of the 1940s "Hawkshaw
The Detective."
He entered the Army in 1943, and after being stationed in France, obtained the rank of Staff Sergeant, and participated in the Battle Of The Bulge. He won 4 battle stars during his 15 months of combat duty, and at one time even had his own radio show in the Philippines.
He was referred to as a real gentlemen by his Nashville friends and family. He didn't smoke nor drink, and treated ladies with respect. He is referred to by his friends and family as having had 11 and a half yards of personality.
Hawk was quite the outdoorsman. He loved hunting and fishing in the company of some of his Nashville pals such as Grandpa Jones, Charlie Lovin, and Stoney Cooper.
Justin Tubb (son of country music legend Ernest Tubb), wrote Hawks last song "Lonesome 7-7203." This first appeared on the Billboard charts three days before his death, went off the charts for two weeks, and then reappeared on the charts scoring him his only number one song.
Songs You May Recognize
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