Services were held in the H.S. Smith Funeral Home chapel Monday afternoon for John Guy Watkins, 74, who died at Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital on Saturday, March 28. The Rev. E.G. Mills officiated and burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery at Hayti.
Mr. Watkins was born in Caruthersville on February 12, 1890, the son of John Wesley and Julia Ellen Watkins, and was reared in this city. On December 12, 1910, at Middleton, Tenn., he was married to Miss Carrie O. Hensley, who preceded him in death on December 20, 1949. He engaged in the lumber and logging business until he retired and was a member of the Woodman of the World.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Glass, of this city; a son, James Watkins of Hayti; a brother, Earl Watkins of St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Burgess of Memphis; three half-brothers and a half-sister, Cecil, Wilson and William Watkins and Mrs. Imogene Christian; three grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - April 3, 1964
SON: James Paul Watkins (1927-2011) Born in Hayti, Mo. on June 25, 1927, died August 15, 2011 in Memphis, Tenn. (84 yrs, 1 mo, and 20 days of age) - Woodlawn Cemetery, Hayti, Mo.
Mr. Watkins was born in Caruthersville on February 12, 1890, the son of John Wesley and Julia Ellen Watkins, and was reared in this city. On December 12, 1910, at Middleton, Tenn., he was married to Miss Carrie O. Hensley, who preceded him in death on December 20, 1949. He engaged in the lumber and logging business until he retired and was a member of the Woodman of the World.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Glass, of this city; a son, James Watkins of Hayti; a brother, Earl Watkins of St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Burgess of Memphis; three half-brothers and a half-sister, Cecil, Wilson and William Watkins and Mrs. Imogene Christian; three grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - April 3, 1964
SON: James Paul Watkins (1927-2011) Born in Hayti, Mo. on June 25, 1927, died August 15, 2011 in Memphis, Tenn. (84 yrs, 1 mo, and 20 days of age) - Woodlawn Cemetery, Hayti, Mo.
Services were held in the H.S. Smith Funeral Home chapel Monday afternoon for John Guy Watkins, 74, who died at Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital on Saturday, March 28. The Rev. E.G. Mills officiated and burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery at Hayti.
Mr. Watkins was born in Caruthersville on February 12, 1890, the son of John Wesley and Julia Ellen Watkins, and was reared in this city. On December 12, 1910, at Middleton, Tenn., he was married to Miss Carrie O. Hensley, who preceded him in death on December 20, 1949. He engaged in the lumber and logging business until he retired and was a member of the Woodman of the World.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Glass, of this city; a son, James Watkins of Hayti; a brother, Earl Watkins of St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Burgess of Memphis; three half-brothers and a half-sister, Cecil, Wilson and William Watkins and Mrs. Imogene Christian; three grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - April 3, 1964
SON: James Paul Watkins (1927-2011) Born in Hayti, Mo. on June 25, 1927, died August 15, 2011 in Memphis, Tenn. (84 yrs, 1 mo, and 20 days of age) - Woodlawn Cemetery, Hayti, Mo.
Mr. Watkins was born in Caruthersville on February 12, 1890, the son of John Wesley and Julia Ellen Watkins, and was reared in this city. On December 12, 1910, at Middleton, Tenn., he was married to Miss Carrie O. Hensley, who preceded him in death on December 20, 1949. He engaged in the lumber and logging business until he retired and was a member of the Woodman of the World.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Glass, of this city; a son, James Watkins of Hayti; a brother, Earl Watkins of St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Burgess of Memphis; three half-brothers and a half-sister, Cecil, Wilson and William Watkins and Mrs. Imogene Christian; three grandsons and three great-grandchildren.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - April 3, 1964
SON: James Paul Watkins (1927-2011) Born in Hayti, Mo. on June 25, 1927, died August 15, 2011 in Memphis, Tenn. (84 yrs, 1 mo, and 20 days of age) - Woodlawn Cemetery, Hayti, Mo.
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