Antwon Hawkins

Antwon Hawkins was a 37-year-old man with roots in Birmingham whose life was part of a family and a community that mourned him. Public records and local listings identify him by name and age and place his death on February 2, 2017, in the Tom Brown Village area of Birmingham. Though few public notices describe his everyday routines or personal hobbies, contemporary sources and local records make clear that Antwon was a real person known to neighbors and kin.

He belonged to a family that endured repeated loss; public obituary records show that a younger relative, Rakim Rashad Hawkins, died in October 2016, and that loss is part of the context surrounding Antwon’s own passing. The close timing of these bereavements deepened the grief for relatives and underscored the human cost to a family already mourning.

Available public sources focus largely on the facts surrounding his death rather than a full life narrative, and there is no widely published funeral-home obituary discovered that details his work, interests, or surviving family members. That scarcity of published personal detail does not lessen who he was: a person tied to family, friends, and a Birmingham neighborhood.

As a remembrance, it is appropriate to hold space for the dignity of Antwon’s life beyond headlines. Those who knew him — family, neighbors, classmates, coworkers — carried memories that likely include everyday kindnesses, relationships, and stories not represented in the public record. While the record of his death is part of official history, it should not be the only line that defines him. Antwon Hawkins’s life mattered to those close to him, and remembering him gently means acknowledging both the limited public details and the private connections that made him a person of value.