CARROLL HAWKINS WAS BORN AND RAISED IN A SMALL TOWN IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA CALLED SCOTLAND NECK.  CARROLL ATTENDED ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL IN THE HALIFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GRADUATED FROM BRAWLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965.

AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, CARROLL EARNED A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTATION FROM STRAYER UNIVERSITY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WHILE WORKING FULL-TIME FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

CARROLL HAWKINS WORKED FOR THE “BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM” FOR THIRTY SEVEN YEARS. HE WORKED UNDER SEVERAL DIFFERENT JOB TITLES DURING THE EARILER PART OF HIS CAREER, AND AS MANAGER OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM FOR THE LATTER 20 YEARS.  CARROLL ALSO WROTE AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN AND SEVERAL OPERATION AND PROCEDURE MANUALS FOR THE AGENCY.

AFTER RETIRING FROM THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, CARROLL WORKED AS A BUSINESS ADVISOR FOR THE BENNETT BEAUTY AND BARBER INSTITUTE, AND THE BENNETT BABIES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, FROM 2004 TO 2012. 

“ANCESTRY FAMILY TREE- THE BLOODLINE OF CARROLL HAWKINS AND FAMILY” IS THE FIRST BOOK CARROLL HAS WRITTEN.

ENJOY READING IT.