First Posted: 2/1/2011

Robert Melvin Hawkins, 83, of Lumberton, died Jan. 30, 2011, at Southeastern Hospice House.
Services will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel Hawkins; three children, Dennis Riportella, Linda Cramer, and Terrance Riportella; many grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Biggs Funeral Home in Lumberton.