Contents

In the Beginning............................................................................1
Youthful Employment and Marriage..............................................9
Appointment as Court Recorder & Passing The Bar....................13
Judge Jenkins, Private Practice & Judgeship................................19
Willie White, Death Penalty & Anecdotes....................................29
Smyrna, Georgia Race Riot.........................................................37
Great Depression, Mobsters & Hawkins Hits Ex'ex.....................51
Peek Murders & Trials...............................................................59
Grand Jury & Equal Justice.......................................................107
1946 Governors Controversy................................................... 111
Levity in Speeches....................................................................119
Excerpts from Selected Speeches..............................................125
Circumstances During Judgeship & Run for the Supreme Court...131
Harold Glore & Early Years on High Court................................145
Life as a Supreme Court Justice.................................................153
The Honorable Judge Hawkins & Selfless Service......................161
The Last Days and Remembrances.............................................171
True and Faithful Friends Remember..........................................181
Truly a Great Self-Made Man....................................................189
Selected Speeches.....................................................................191
Memorials.................................................................................219
Ten Club Paper Presented by Judge Hawkins............................259