Phillip Hawks

"Phillip was born on October 3, 1936 to Catherine Jane Hawks and Harry Haagensen at Goose Point in Bay Center, WA. He was born at the home of his great grandmother Annie Victoria Lewis Hawks. He died on April 11, 2017 at his home in Bay Center, WA of sudden cardiac arrest. He was the last Chinook baby born at Goose Point. In his early childhood, he lived with chica, his great grandmother, Annie Victoria Lewis Hawks. She instilled in him a strong work ethic. Phillip was cutting firewood as soon as he could walk. As a young child when chica would get the lantern out he got excited because it meant they were going visiting. On one visit to great uncle Willie George and Ida\\'s, Phillip blurted out in his native language of Chehalis, \\\well", we might as well go home, they are not going to feed us here\\\" he was thinking that great uncle Willie would not understand the language. Phillip was demonstrating his knowledge of his culture that everyone welcomed into a Chinook home should be fed. When his mom...