PAT WATKINS

September 24, 2018

LAMAR- Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Daniel Funeral Home for James Patrick Watkins, 79, Lamar, who died at his home on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.

Contributions are suggested to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his wife, Pat; three daughters, Deta Donnelly and husband David, Rockwell, Terry Shepard and husband Tracy, El Dorado Springs and Patricia Hanna and Thomas Berger, Tyler, Texas; two brothers, Jerry Watkins and wife Betty, Manchester, Tenn. and Mickey Watkins and wife Carolyn, Deckard, Tenn.; one sister, Peggy Brown, Estill Springs, Tenn.; nine grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Jack Watkins and Junior Watkins and two sisters, Jean Hobbs and Billie Johnston.

Mr. Watkins was born Aug. 25, 1939, in Flintville, Tenn., to Riley and Lillian (Garrand) Watkins. He was a 1957 graduate of Franklin County High School. He and Brenda Joyce Spier were united in marriage on March 15, 1974, in Tyler, Texas. He worked as a welder for Tyler Pipe Line in Tyler, Texas, retiring in 1985.





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