Hawkins, 64, had left for the day from work, the Whittier Education Center in Northwest, where he was a data entry clerk.
Loretta Smith said Hawkins was a bachelor and “a marvelous, wonderful man,” she said. “He was a church-going man.”
Smith said she worked at the desk next to Hawkins for five years.
“The last thing he said to me was ‘See you tomorrow, Smitty!’” she said.
— Maria Schmitt
