Newspaper Obituary: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, January 21, 1965
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR TUCKER C. WATKINS
Tucker Carrington Watkins, Jr., 80, of Halifax died Sunday. Founder and president of U.S. Oil Co. of south Boston, he was a former member of the State Highway Commission and a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Mr. Watkins was a native of Halifax county and maintained an active interest in the affairs of the community. He attended the old Cluster Springs Academy before graduating from VPI and was a member of Beth Car Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Barksdale Watkins; a daughter, Mrs. Henry W. McLaughlin, Jr. of Halifax; a son, Dr. William Watkins of South Boston and a sister, Miss Mary Bailey Watkins of Drakes Branch.
Mr. Watkins was a brother of the late Dr. Thomas Watkins, who practiced medicine here for may years before his death in December, 1968.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR TUCKER C. WATKINS
Tucker Carrington Watkins, Jr., 80, of Halifax died Sunday. Founder and president of U.S. Oil Co. of south Boston, he was a former member of the State Highway Commission and a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Mr. Watkins was a native of Halifax county and maintained an active interest in the affairs of the community. He attended the old Cluster Springs Academy before graduating from VPI and was a member of Beth Car Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Barksdale Watkins; a daughter, Mrs. Henry W. McLaughlin, Jr. of Halifax; a son, Dr. William Watkins of South Boston and a sister, Miss Mary Bailey Watkins of Drakes Branch.
Mr. Watkins was a brother of the late Dr. Thomas Watkins, who practiced medicine here for may years before his death in December, 1968.
Newspaper Obituary: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday, January 21, 1965
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR TUCKER C. WATKINS
Tucker Carrington Watkins, Jr., 80, of Halifax died Sunday. Founder and president of U.S. Oil Co. of south Boston, he was a former member of the State Highway Commission and a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Mr. Watkins was a native of Halifax county and maintained an active interest in the affairs of the community. He attended the old Cluster Springs Academy before graduating from VPI and was a member of Beth Car Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Barksdale Watkins; a daughter, Mrs. Henry W. McLaughlin, Jr. of Halifax; a son, Dr. William Watkins of South Boston and a sister, Miss Mary Bailey Watkins of Drakes Branch.
Mr. Watkins was a brother of the late Dr. Thomas Watkins, who practiced medicine here for may years before his death in December, 1968.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR TUCKER C. WATKINS
Tucker Carrington Watkins, Jr., 80, of Halifax died Sunday. Founder and president of U.S. Oil Co. of south Boston, he was a former member of the State Highway Commission and a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Mr. Watkins was a native of Halifax county and maintained an active interest in the affairs of the community. He attended the old Cluster Springs Academy before graduating from VPI and was a member of Beth Car Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Barksdale Watkins; a daughter, Mrs. Henry W. McLaughlin, Jr. of Halifax; a son, Dr. William Watkins of South Boston and a sister, Miss Mary Bailey Watkins of Drakes Branch.
Mr. Watkins was a brother of the late Dr. Thomas Watkins, who practiced medicine here for may years before his death in December, 1968.
