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Bobby Joe Watkins

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Bobby Joe Watkins Veteran

Birth
Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas, USA
Death
16 Aug 1995 (aged 69)
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA
Burial
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
PK3-1-1
Memorial ID
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Graveside services for Bobby Joe Watkins, 69, of Colorado City
were scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday with Mr. Bill Cawthon officiating.
Burial was in Colorado City Cemetery under the direction of Kiker Seale
Funeral Home, Inc. Mr. Watkins died August 16,1995 in Colorado City. He was born
January 15, 1926 in Rising Star. He had lived in Colorado City for 17
years and worked in the oilfield supply business before going to work
for the City of Colorado City sanitation department. Mr. Watkins was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a Methodist. Survivors include one son, Douglas Watkins of Lubbock; three
brothers, Jerry Watkins of Alamogordo, N.M., Cecil Watkins of
Monahans and Johnny Watkins of Ozona and two sisters, Rita Sell of
Perryton, Texas and Mary Jane Watkins of Richardson.
The family suggests memorials to Mitchell County Hospital
Hospice Program or the Adult Day Care Activity Center, Lubbock.

(a) 1926: Bobby Joe Watkins born Jan 15,1926 Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas; father Charles Edgar Watkins (1895-1973: memorial 23983246; born TX; RIP age 78 TX); mother Martha S Tune Watkins (1899-1973; memorial 23983247; born TX; RIP age 74 TX).
(b) 1930: Bobby J Watkins age 4 lived Pyote, Ward Co, TX with father Charles age 35; mother Martha age 27; brother Cecil Edgar Watkins age 6 (1923-1997; RIP NM); brother Jeriel Ray Watkins age 2 (1928-1998).
(c) 1944: Bobby J Watkins age 18 lived Rising Star, TX where he worked at JW Tune Dairy and where he registered for the WWII Draft on Jan 15,1944. His draft card shows he was 5'6" tall, 140 lbs, with brown eyes and black hair & listed his father as his next of kin.
(d) 1954: Bobby J Watkins served US military from Oct 7,1954 to Sep 27,1956.
(e) 1963: Bobby J Watkins lived El Dorado, Butler Co, Kansas with wife Patricia Ann Hoffman Watkins; son Douglas Keith Watkins. Bobby listed in the 1963 El Dorado, Kansas, City Directory.
(f) 1995: Bobby Joe Watkins RIP age 69 Aug 16,1995.
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Graveside services for Bobby Joe Watkins, 69, of Colorado City
were scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday with Mr. Bill Cawthon officiating.
Burial was in Colorado City Cemetery under the direction of Kiker Seale
Funeral Home, Inc. Mr. Watkins died August 16,1995 in Colorado City. He was born
January 15, 1926 in Rising Star. He had lived in Colorado City for 17
years and worked in the oilfield supply business before going to work
for the City of Colorado City sanitation department. Mr. Watkins was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a Methodist. Survivors include one son, Douglas Watkins of Lubbock; three
brothers, Jerry Watkins of Alamogordo, N.M., Cecil Watkins of
Monahans and Johnny Watkins of Ozona and two sisters, Rita Sell of
Perryton, Texas and Mary Jane Watkins of Richardson.
The family suggests memorials to Mitchell County Hospital
Hospice Program or the Adult Day Care Activity Center, Lubbock.

(a) 1926: Bobby Joe Watkins born Jan 15,1926 Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas; father Charles Edgar Watkins (1895-1973: memorial 23983246; born TX; RIP age 78 TX); mother Martha S Tune Watkins (1899-1973; memorial 23983247; born TX; RIP age 74 TX).
(b) 1930: Bobby J Watkins age 4 lived Pyote, Ward Co, TX with father Charles age 35; mother Martha age 27; brother Cecil Edgar Watkins age 6 (1923-1997; RIP NM); brother Jeriel Ray Watkins age 2 (1928-1998).
(c) 1944: Bobby J Watkins age 18 lived Rising Star, TX where he worked at JW Tune Dairy and where he registered for the WWII Draft on Jan 15,1944. His draft card shows he was 5'6" tall, 140 lbs, with brown eyes and black hair & listed his father as his next of kin.
(d) 1954: Bobby J Watkins served US military from Oct 7,1954 to Sep 27,1956.
(e) 1963: Bobby J Watkins lived El Dorado, Butler Co, Kansas with wife Patricia Ann Hoffman Watkins; son Douglas Keith Watkins. Bobby listed in the 1963 El Dorado, Kansas, City Directory.
(f) 1995: Bobby Joe Watkins RIP age 69 Aug 16,1995.
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  • Created by: Beth
  • Added: Feb 12, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84902733/bobby_joe-watkins: accessed ), memorial page for Bobby Joe Watkins (15 Jan 1926–16 Aug 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84902733, citing Colorado City Cemetery, Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Beth (contributor 46910696).