Funeral services for Bobby Earl Watkins, age 76 of Lindale, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 30th at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home Chapel in Lindale with Rev. Tom Buck officiating. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at New Salem Cemetery in Henderson.
Bobby met his Savior face-to-face on Sunday, May 26, 2019, after a brief illness. Bobby was born November 13, 1942, in Dallas, Texas, to Willard and Ondie Watkins. He graduated from W.W. Samuell High School in 1961. He married Linda Norman, his bride of 55 years, on December 14, 1963. Together they raised 2 daughters in Mesquite, Texas.
Bobby retired from Padgett Printing Co. in 2006 and moved to Lindale. He was a member of First Baptist Church. His favorite hobby was supporting his 5 precious grandchildren at their various sporting events and activities.
Bobby is preceded in death by his father, Willard Watkins; mother, Ondie Watkins and sister, Betty Puckett.
He is survived by wife, Linda; daughter, Regina Johnson and husband, Eddie of Flower Mound, Texas, and their and children, Ashley and Zach; daughter, Jennifer Anderson & husband, Jeff of Plano, Texas, and their 3 children, Emma, Molly & Ben; cousin, Rex Hargrave also of Lindale, and several nieces & nephews.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Rex Hargrave, John Henery, Jimmy Williams, and Jimmy Hays.
Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service.
Obituary published online 28 May 2019 by Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home, Lindale, Texas.
Bobby met his Savior face-to-face on Sunday, May 26, 2019, after a brief illness. Bobby was born November 13, 1942, in Dallas, Texas, to Willard and Ondie Watkins. He graduated from W.W. Samuell High School in 1961. He married Linda Norman, his bride of 55 years, on December 14, 1963. Together they raised 2 daughters in Mesquite, Texas.
Bobby retired from Padgett Printing Co. in 2006 and moved to Lindale. He was a member of First Baptist Church. His favorite hobby was supporting his 5 precious grandchildren at their various sporting events and activities.
Bobby is preceded in death by his father, Willard Watkins; mother, Ondie Watkins and sister, Betty Puckett.
He is survived by wife, Linda; daughter, Regina Johnson and husband, Eddie of Flower Mound, Texas, and their and children, Ashley and Zach; daughter, Jennifer Anderson & husband, Jeff of Plano, Texas, and their 3 children, Emma, Molly & Ben; cousin, Rex Hargrave also of Lindale, and several nieces & nephews.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Rex Hargrave, John Henery, Jimmy Williams, and Jimmy Hays.
Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service.
Obituary published online 28 May 2019 by Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home, Lindale, Texas.
Funeral services for Bobby Earl Watkins, age 76 of Lindale, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 30th at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home Chapel in Lindale with Rev. Tom Buck officiating. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at New Salem Cemetery in Henderson.
Bobby met his Savior face-to-face on Sunday, May 26, 2019, after a brief illness. Bobby was born November 13, 1942, in Dallas, Texas, to Willard and Ondie Watkins. He graduated from W.W. Samuell High School in 1961. He married Linda Norman, his bride of 55 years, on December 14, 1963. Together they raised 2 daughters in Mesquite, Texas.
Bobby retired from Padgett Printing Co. in 2006 and moved to Lindale. He was a member of First Baptist Church. His favorite hobby was supporting his 5 precious grandchildren at their various sporting events and activities.
Bobby is preceded in death by his father, Willard Watkins; mother, Ondie Watkins and sister, Betty Puckett.
He is survived by wife, Linda; daughter, Regina Johnson and husband, Eddie of Flower Mound, Texas, and their and children, Ashley and Zach; daughter, Jennifer Anderson & husband, Jeff of Plano, Texas, and their 3 children, Emma, Molly & Ben; cousin, Rex Hargrave also of Lindale, and several nieces & nephews.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Rex Hargrave, John Henery, Jimmy Williams, and Jimmy Hays.
Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service.
Obituary published online 28 May 2019 by Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home, Lindale, Texas.
Bobby met his Savior face-to-face on Sunday, May 26, 2019, after a brief illness. Bobby was born November 13, 1942, in Dallas, Texas, to Willard and Ondie Watkins. He graduated from W.W. Samuell High School in 1961. He married Linda Norman, his bride of 55 years, on December 14, 1963. Together they raised 2 daughters in Mesquite, Texas.
Bobby retired from Padgett Printing Co. in 2006 and moved to Lindale. He was a member of First Baptist Church. His favorite hobby was supporting his 5 precious grandchildren at their various sporting events and activities.
Bobby is preceded in death by his father, Willard Watkins; mother, Ondie Watkins and sister, Betty Puckett.
He is survived by wife, Linda; daughter, Regina Johnson and husband, Eddie of Flower Mound, Texas, and their and children, Ashley and Zach; daughter, Jennifer Anderson & husband, Jeff of Plano, Texas, and their 3 children, Emma, Molly & Ben; cousin, Rex Hargrave also of Lindale, and several nieces & nephews.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Rex Hargrave, John Henery, Jimmy Williams, and Jimmy Hays.
Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. prior to the service.
Obituary published online 28 May 2019 by Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home, Lindale, Texas.
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