Hankins.Thomas.1935.Hopkins.OBIT Thomas Hankins 27 May 1935 Hopkins County KyArchives Obituaries The Daily Messenger, Madisonville, Ky, May 27, 1935. Leonard Hankins' Father Dies At Home In Dawson Dawson Springs, May 27. -- Thomas Hankins, 72, died here at 4 o'clock this morning of intestimal trouble following several days illness. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday and burial will be in a cemetery near Fairview Tuesday. Several children survive, one of whom is Leonard Hankins, convicted in a bank hold up and serving a sentence in the Minnesota penitentiary. Contributed by: Nancy Trice