Larry W. Hawes, 81, of Peebles Passes Away at Adams County Regional

Larry W. Hawes, a lifelong Peebles resident who built his career at the Manchester power plant before retiring, died Thursday, March 26, 2026, at Adams County Regional Medical Center. He was 81.

Born October 29, 1944, in Peebles, Hawes spent his working years at the power plant in Manchester, one of the more substantial industrial employers in Adams County's history. His long tenure there placed him among a generation of local men and women whose livelihoods were tied to the county's energy and manufacturing sector, industries that have steadily contracted over the decades since.

Hawes is survived by family members listed in the full notice. Funeral service details are included in the obituary published by the People's Defender on March 30, 2026, for those wishing to attend or send remembrances.

Peebles and Manchester, two of Adams County's smaller communities, have long shared an economic identity shaped by heavy-industry employment. For residents of that generation, a career at the Manchester plant was not simply a job but a decades-long anchor connecting family, neighborhood and livelihood in a county where such anchors are increasingly rare.

Hawes was 81 years old and had lived his entire life in Peebles, the same town where he was born more than eight decades ago.