Stephens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jordan, Asa Roy 1934
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Mrs. Arliva Watkins 

 

Mrs. Arliva Watkins Passes In Her Ninety-Second Year

     Mrs. Arliva Watkins, age 92’ years, and one of the most prominent Women  of
Stephens County, died at her late residence near Union Hill school, last Tuesday
morning at 7:30 o’clock. 

     Mrs. Watkins had been in Ill Health for over a year, however she was
stricken with pneumonia about two weeks ago, and death resulted.

     Everything possible was done to restore Mrs. Watkins to good health, but
the Lord saw fit to take her home. She had lived a Christian life, and was ready
to meet Him in peace. She had been a member of Toms Creek church for years.

     She is survived by one son; J.H. Watkins, one daughter, Mrs. Sarah Gibbs,
28 grandchildren, 99 great-grandchildren, and one Great-great-grandchild.

     Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Toms Creek
church before a large concourse of relatives and friends, with Rev. E. H.
Collins and Rev. Geo. R. Fuller officiating. Interment was in Toms Creek cemetery.

     Pallbearers were Messsrs. Hubert Looney, Frank Herron, Walt White, Claud
Davis, Ben Sheriff and Kilbern Rumsey.

     Flower-bearers were her Great-granddaughters, Misses Mattie Lou Watkins,
Sarah Lou Curley, Blondean Watkins, Louise Worley and Gladys Watkins.

     Bond & Northcutt Funeral Directors.

 

 



Additional Comments:

b: June 29, 1841 in Date on tombstone d: January 24, 1934 in her residence, at
Union Hill, Stephens County, Georgia Burial: Toms Creek Baptist Church Stevens
County, Georgia 

Married to: +John Jr. WATKINS b: November 14, 1837 in Habersham County, Georgia
d: October 03, 1925 in Eastanollee, Georgia Father: David Grissom Watkins
Mother: Elizabeth WILLIAMS m: March 22, 1919 in Stephens Co. Ga., marriage
records pg #333 Burial: October 04, 1925 Tom's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Stephens County, Georgia Cause of death: Old age 


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