Port O’Connor, TX – (Norma) Elizabeth McCoy Hawes, 91, passed away June 21, 2016. She was born May 11, 1925 in Victoria, TX to the late Dave Sylvester McCoy Sr. and Norma Hildegard Becker McCoy.

Elizabeth was a homemaker and loved to travel. A graduate of the 1942 class of Patti Welder High School, she was a charter member of the Port O’Connor Service Club, served in the St. Joseph Catholic Church Altar Society and was a Eucharistic Minister at the church. She was a natural born nurse and in later life attended nursing school. She was an avid bridge player, accomplished seamstress, and champion of the Native Americans, civil rights and equal justice. Elizabeth adored her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and ALL babies. Her greatest legacy was her capacity for love!

She is survived by her loving daughters, Beth Hawes (John Mulhollan) of San Marcos, Kathleen Hawes Watkins of Houston, Martha Hawes Carroll (Terry) of Lakeway, Anne Hawes (Ken Bernard, d.) of Los Alamos, NM, Norma Hawes (Steve Domingue) of Austin and Gloria Hawes (George Rueff) of Corpus Christi; grandchildren, Christopher Chamrad, Jonathan Chamrad, Matthew Carroll, Paul Carroll, Johnson Carroll, Michael Carroll, Bree Hawes-Domingue and Kathleen Hawes-Domingue; 9 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Hugh A. Hawes; her parents; brother, Dave S. McCoy Jr.; son-in-law, Ken Bernard and very special mother-in-law, Phenie Hawes and sister-in-law, Sister M. Perpetua Hawes.

A Memorial Mass was held Friday, July 1, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Port O’Connor. Burial followed in Seadrift Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; Children International (www.children.org) PO Box 219055, Kansas City, MO 64121 or Native American Heritage Association, PO Box 512, Rapid City, SD 57709.

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