Jalacy Jay Hawkins (1929 - 2000)

Born 18 Jul 1929 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Husband of Anna Mae (Vernon) Hawkins — married 21 Nov 1949 (to about 1969) in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Died 12 Feb 2000 at age 70 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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Biography

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Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor. He was known for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances. His most successful recording was I Put a Spell on You (1956).^[1]

Jalacy Hawkins was born in 1929 in Cleveland. The son of an unwed mother (identified as Marie Hawkins in his first marriage certificate), he was a welfare child.^[2]

He married Anna Mae Vernon on 21 November 1949 in Cleveland.^[3] They remained married until the late 1960s, but Jalacy had left his wife several years earlier and had numerous affairs. He remarried in 1971 in New York to Virginia Sabellona^[4] and had three further marriages. He married Cassie Arnell on 24 August 1985 in Clark County, Nevada.^[5]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins died in Neuilly-sur-Seine (France) on 12 February 2000.^[6][7]

Research notes

His mother was Marie Hawkins, later married to Andrew J. Maddox. She apparently had three other children. Her siblings were Owen Hawkins and Olivia Jones.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Screamin' Jay Hawkins," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Screamin%27_Jay_Hawkins&oldid=1033557954 (accessed July 27, 2021).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW5H-QSJ : 10 January 2021), Jalacy Hawkins in household of Edith Randolph, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-271, sheet 61A, line 29, family 178, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3214.
3. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BB-DXH : 8 March 2021), Jalacy Hawkins and Anna Mae Vernon, 21 Nov 1949; citing Marriage, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, 09507, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSL-LGX9 : 19 June 2017), Jalacy Hawkins and Virginia Sabellona, 1971, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.
5. ↑ "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKMM-X61 : 20 September 2019), Jalacy Jay Hawkins and Cassie Arnell, 1985.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J22H-VZJ : 8 January 2021), Anna M Hawkins, Jun 1990; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Fichier des décès (INSEE). Jalacy Jay HAWKINS, Naissance le 10 juillet 1929, Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland, Comté De Blount, Alabama, États-Unis), Décès le 12 février 2000, Neuilly-Sur-Seine (Neuilly-Sur-Seine, Hauts-De-Seine, Île-De-France, France), Numéro de l’acte : 184.
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4H7Z-6J2M : 14 December 2019), Jelacy or Screaming Jay Hawkins in entry for Marie K Hawkins Maddox, .

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8G3-4QZ : 5 December 2014), Jalacy J Hawkins, enlisted 26 Dec 1945, Cleveland, Ohio, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.