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 Ct.  .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