Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Robert Murphy and Emma Tollison Abercrombie. Mrs. Watkins was the valedictorian of Fairview Elementary in Fountain Inn, was a homemaker, and member of Shiloh United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for over 40 years.
Surviving are two children, William David Watkins and wife, Sun Ye Shin of Simpsonville and Joyce Watkins Irvin and husband, John of Laurens; one sister, Mildred Abercrombie Babb of Gray Court; four grandchildren, William Garry Watkins of Charleston, Angela Kay Watkins of Clarksville, TN, John Richard Irvin of Sumter and Karen Lynn Reeder of Laurens; and nine great-grandchildren, David VanBeuge, Bethannie and Emily Irvin, Hannah and Jordan Reeder, Ryan and Ashley Watkins, Alexander Driggers, and Chyenne Walker.
Memorials may be made to Shiloh United Methodist Church, 36 Shiloh Church Rd, Gray Court, SC 29645.
Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Robert Murphy and Emma Tollison Abercrombie. Mrs. Watkins was the valedictorian of Fairview Elementary in Fountain Inn, was a homemaker, and member of Shiloh United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for over 40 years.
Surviving are two children, William David Watkins and wife, Sun Ye Shin of Simpsonville and Joyce Watkins Irvin and husband, John of Laurens; one sister, Mildred Abercrombie Babb of Gray Court; four grandchildren, William Garry Watkins of Charleston, Angela Kay Watkins of Clarksville, TN, John Richard Irvin of Sumter and Karen Lynn Reeder of Laurens; and nine great-grandchildren, David VanBeuge, Bethannie and Emily Irvin, Hannah and Jordan Reeder, Ryan and Ashley Watkins, Alexander Driggers, and Chyenne Walker.
Memorials may be made to Shiloh United Methodist Church, 36 Shiloh Church Rd, Gray Court, SC 29645.
Family Members
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Luther Abercrombie
1896–1901
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Nancy Lula Abercrombie Tumblin
1898–1992
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John Martin "Mart" Abercrombie
1899–1984
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Grover Clyde Abercrombie
1901–1963
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Raymond Robert Abercrombie
1904–1967
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Ernest B Abercrombie
1907–1918
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Ethel Irene Abercrombie Peden
1908–1951
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Thomas Herbert Abercrombie
1910–1984
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Nellie Abercrombie Davis
1912–1988
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Mildred Abercrombie Babb
1914–2015
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Jessie Floyd Abercrombie
1916–1989
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James Russell Abercrombie
1922–1996
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