Norma Jean Watkins, passed away on Monday, November 6, 2023. She was born on Sunday, October 22, 1933, in Sulphur, Oklahoma to the late M.D. Kirby and Alta Alice (Trett). Norma attended school in Dougherty, OK.
She married Bedford Watkins on July 2, 1949. Norma was a great homemaker who loved sewing, gardening, canning. She enjoyed being in the hayfield and raking hay. She helped take care of cattle on their 160 acres. Norma volunteered at the Okmulgee Roundup Club running the concession stand. She and her husband owned and ran the Kerr McGee gas station. Norma was a go-getter; she obtained her GED and later went on to Real Estate School becoming a successful real-estate agent. Later, she purchased and ran Tucker Ranch Supply and eventually ended up moving it to the Okmulgee Stockyards. Norma was a longtime member of Wilson Baptist Church, but after moving to town attended Clearview Baptist Church.
Norma is preceded in death by her husband, Bedford Watkins, parents, M.D. and Alta, son, Roger Dale Watkins, and sisters, Wanda Callis and Peggy Runyan.
Survivors include her children, Johnny Watkins and wife Becky of McAlester, OK, Kenneth Watkins and wife Gabriella of Seminole, OK, Greg Watkins and wife Sharon of Okmulgee, OK, Janice McDade and husband David of Choctaw, OK, sisters, Kay Finch of Okmulgee, OK and Nona Mann of Dougherty, OK, 7 grandchildren, 11, great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren.
She married Bedford Watkins on July 2, 1949. Norma was a great homemaker who loved sewing, gardening, canning. She enjoyed being in the hayfield and raking hay. She helped take care of cattle on their 160 acres. Norma volunteered at the Okmulgee Roundup Club running the concession stand. She and her husband owned and ran the Kerr McGee gas station. Norma was a go-getter; she obtained her GED and later went on to Real Estate School becoming a successful real-estate agent. Later, she purchased and ran Tucker Ranch Supply and eventually ended up moving it to the Okmulgee Stockyards. Norma was a longtime member of Wilson Baptist Church, but after moving to town attended Clearview Baptist Church.
Norma is preceded in death by her husband, Bedford Watkins, parents, M.D. and Alta, son, Roger Dale Watkins, and sisters, Wanda Callis and Peggy Runyan.
Survivors include her children, Johnny Watkins and wife Becky of McAlester, OK, Kenneth Watkins and wife Gabriella of Seminole, OK, Greg Watkins and wife Sharon of Okmulgee, OK, Janice McDade and husband David of Choctaw, OK, sisters, Kay Finch of Okmulgee, OK and Nona Mann of Dougherty, OK, 7 grandchildren, 11, great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren.
Norma Jean Watkins, passed away on Monday, November 6, 2023. She was born on Sunday, October 22, 1933, in Sulphur, Oklahoma to the late M.D. Kirby and Alta Alice (Trett). Norma attended school in Dougherty, OK.
She married Bedford Watkins on July 2, 1949. Norma was a great homemaker who loved sewing, gardening, canning. She enjoyed being in the hayfield and raking hay. She helped take care of cattle on their 160 acres. Norma volunteered at the Okmulgee Roundup Club running the concession stand. She and her husband owned and ran the Kerr McGee gas station. Norma was a go-getter; she obtained her GED and later went on to Real Estate School becoming a successful real-estate agent. Later, she purchased and ran Tucker Ranch Supply and eventually ended up moving it to the Okmulgee Stockyards. Norma was a longtime member of Wilson Baptist Church, but after moving to town attended Clearview Baptist Church.
Norma is preceded in death by her husband, Bedford Watkins, parents, M.D. and Alta, son, Roger Dale Watkins, and sisters, Wanda Callis and Peggy Runyan.
Survivors include her children, Johnny Watkins and wife Becky of McAlester, OK, Kenneth Watkins and wife Gabriella of Seminole, OK, Greg Watkins and wife Sharon of Okmulgee, OK, Janice McDade and husband David of Choctaw, OK, sisters, Kay Finch of Okmulgee, OK and Nona Mann of Dougherty, OK, 7 grandchildren, 11, great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren.
She married Bedford Watkins on July 2, 1949. Norma was a great homemaker who loved sewing, gardening, canning. She enjoyed being in the hayfield and raking hay. She helped take care of cattle on their 160 acres. Norma volunteered at the Okmulgee Roundup Club running the concession stand. She and her husband owned and ran the Kerr McGee gas station. Norma was a go-getter; she obtained her GED and later went on to Real Estate School becoming a successful real-estate agent. Later, she purchased and ran Tucker Ranch Supply and eventually ended up moving it to the Okmulgee Stockyards. Norma was a longtime member of Wilson Baptist Church, but after moving to town attended Clearview Baptist Church.
Norma is preceded in death by her husband, Bedford Watkins, parents, M.D. and Alta, son, Roger Dale Watkins, and sisters, Wanda Callis and Peggy Runyan.
Survivors include her children, Johnny Watkins and wife Becky of McAlester, OK, Kenneth Watkins and wife Gabriella of Seminole, OK, Greg Watkins and wife Sharon of Okmulgee, OK, Janice McDade and husband David of Choctaw, OK, sisters, Kay Finch of Okmulgee, OK and Nona Mann of Dougherty, OK, 7 grandchildren, 11, great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren.
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