Delbert Leon Hawkins
In 1955, Delbert Hawkins started selling life insurance with Kemper Insurance out of his car, door to door. He went on to purchase 22 agencies in North Missouri, represented over 100 insurance companies over his career and managed 11 locations. He was very active in the Missouri Association of Independent Insurance Agents.
Delbert was very active in multiple businesses throughout the years. He owned & rented apartment buildings on the square in Edina. He opened Edina Farm & Home along with Don Woodward and Leroy Pinson. He owned the Edina Sentinel office for several years, owned the Bon Air Motel with June Miller and built and developed multiple neighborhoods in Edina. He was intrical in the development of the senior housing in Edina and a founding member of the historical society.
He was a member of the Edina Assembly of God church since 1956 where he taught Sunday School and worked on the bus ministry more than 50 years and serve on the deacon board.
Delbert spent over 30 years of semi-retirement wintering in Mesa, AZ. While in Arizona he taught Sunday School and worked with the shut-in’s ministry doing regular visits.
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