Walter Eugene “Gene” Hawkins aka “Daddy Gene” W.E. Gene Hawkins was born in Atlanta Georgia on Christmas Day in 1923. He was the sixth child of his parents, Harwell Parks Hawkins and Nora Lula Johnson ...

Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning singer, preacher and composer whose popular recordings and performances made him one of contemporary gospel music's most prominent figures, died Sunday of ...

RIPON, Calif. (CBS/AP) Walter Hawkins, a Grammy award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland died Sunday after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 61. Hawkins passed away at his home ...

Walter Hawkins, the award-winning gospel singer and composer known for his exhilarating live performances and as pastor of Oakland's Love Center Church, died Sunday at his home in Ripon (San Joaquin ...