Brandon D. Hawkins, was born on January 25, 1982 in Pittsburg Texas to Cedric Hawkins and Resar Smith. He attended the Rocky Mound COGIC and graduated from Pittsburg High School in 2000. He played football for 2 years at Kilgore College and later went to play at Albany State in Albany, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his Grandparents Mary Lee Smith and Lorenzo Henry. He leaves to cherish a wife Shardae Houston; his mother and stepfather, Resar & Ray Smith; father and step-mother, Cedric & Trina Hawkins; one daughter, Zariah Hawkins; one son, Brandon Hawkins Jr.; one stepdaughter, Kanilah Rashid; one brother, Quintin Hawkins, his Grandmother, Joyce Hawkins, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.