Visitation will be from 9:30 until 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Parlor. A graveside service will be at noon on Thursday at Piney Grove Cemetery in Fayette.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence “Dick” Watkins; parents, John and Helen Mason; son, Richard Watkins; grandson, Allen Morgan; and son-in-law, Tony Bailey.
She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Ballard of W.V., Betty Farris of Winfield, Sharon Stephenson of Cordova and Tracy Bailey of Winfield; sons, Sammy Watkins of Mt. Olive, Tony Watkins of Bremen and Randy Watkins of Mt. Olive; sisters, Barbara Dillard of of Mich. and Violet Mason of Mich.; brother, Johnny Mason of Chicago; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.