Yuma, AZ - Living on "the farm" in Anderson, Indiana and raising eight children was the highlight of Don's life. He served as PTO president for College Corner Elementary and was a very involved band booster and high school sports booster for Highland High School in Anderson, Indiana.

Carldon "Don" Sherrill Hawkins passed from this life on March 25, 2026. He was born Oct. 15, 1934, in Sharpsville, Tipton County, Indiana, to Harold Talmage and Lois Arlene (Pumphrey) Hawkins.

A 1952 graduate of Sharpsville High School, Don retired from the Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Companies. He and his wife Rosalie were later managers for the Country Club Mobile Home & RV Park in Yuma, Arizona.

Don married Rosalie Ann (Girton) DuBois on Oct. 20, 1967, combining their eight children into one large family.

Surviving are their children, David (Theresa) DuBois, Kimberly (Ward) Seibel, Mark (Kris) DuBois, Kevin (Shawn) Hawkins, Douglas (Melinda) DuBois, Kendon Hawkins, Kris (Julie) Hawkins-Norton, and Deborah DuBois, as well as 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren (plus two on the way); and two great-great-grandchildren (plus one on the way).

Also surviving are his brother, Phillip A. Hawkins of Mansfield, Texas; and sister, Jacquelyn (Hawkins) Baden of Sharpsville, Indiana.

Don was preceded in death by his wife, Rosalie Hawkins; his father, Harold T. Hawkins; his mother, Lois A. Hawkins; and two grandchildren, Douglas DuBois II and Cory Bostrom.

A lifelong fan of sports, Don especially loved basketball and the Purdue Boilermakers. He watched the Indy 500 race every year. Later in life, he enjoyed flying around the world on his flight simulator. His stories of his family and his personal adventures will be greatly missed.

Don was a Mason and a member of the Naphtali Lodge No. 389, F. & A.M. Center, Indiana and Yuma Lodge #17. A former member of the Sharpsville United Methodist Church, Don became member and elder of Central Christian Church of Anderson, Indiana. He was also a member the Indiana National Guard, the Tipton and the Anderson Indiana Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks, the Sharpsville Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite and the Murat Shrine Temple of Indianapolis, and the Madison County Shrine Club in Indiana.

Graveside services will be held at Sharpsville Cemetery in Sharpsville, Indiana, on July 8, 2026, at 11 a.m.