Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....WATKINS, JAMES EVERETT January 31, 2014
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News Star World - February 01, 2014
JAMES EVERETT WATKINS

Funeral Services for James Everett Watkins, 87, of West Monroe, LA will be held 
2:00 PM Sunday, February 2, 2014 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West 
Monroe with Rev. Waymond Warren officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn 
Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Calhoun, LA.

James Everett Watkins was born May 31, 1926 and passed away on January 31, 2014. 
He was a member of Fair Park Baptist Church and past master and member of the 
Western Star Masonic Lodge. James was a newspaper pressman with The News Star 
and was president of his Pressman Union AFLCIO. He was a one-time president of 
the Central Trades and Labor Council and was state vice president of the AFLCIO 
under the Victor Bussey Administration. James retired from the Guide Plant in 
Monroe after 16 years as a machine operator and was a veteran of the United 
States Navy. Preceding him in death are his parents, William R. Watkins and 
Irene Watkins; sister, Wanda Lou Palmer; and brother, Wayne Watkins.

Survivors include his wife, Merline Watkins; children, Janet Wesselhoft, Terry 
Watkins and wife, Marilyn, Russell Watkins and wife, Denise and Michael Simpson 
and wife, Maria; nine grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and sister, 
Betty Jo Johnson of Kearny, MO.

Pallbearers will be Scott Lavoie, William Watkins, Kevin Yerger, Michael Smith, 
Jamie Watkins and Carl R. Smith.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 
Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.

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