Obituaries:  Mr. Robert Lynn Watkins, Sabine Parish       W-325
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 27, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Robert Lynn Watkins

  Mr. Robert Lynn Watkins, 56, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000, in
Acapulco, Mexico.

  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 27,
at Houston River Baptist Church, and interment will follow at
Royer Cemetery in Sulphur. The Rev. Lonnie Gothrup will
officiate.

  Mr. Watkins was a native of Sulphur, and a resident of Many. He
worked for Xerox for 25 years. He was Chairman of the Board of
Case Esperonza, and a member of Houston River Baptist Church in
Sulphur. He served in the U. S. Navy for four years.

  Survivors include his widow, Elva Raman Watkins of Many;
mother, Leona Watkins of Sulphur; three sons, Darold, Jerry, and
Kevin; two daughters, Lisa, and Tina; four step children, Bill
Haman,. Russell Haman, Guy Haman, and Chris Woods; brother, Terry
Watkins of Winston-Salem, N. C.; sister, Janet Gibson of Sulphur;
and 12 grandchildren.

  The family requests memorial donations be made to House of Hope
in Mexico, 2200 E. Prein Lake Rd., Lake Charles, La. 70601.

  Sulphur Memorial, Sulphur, La.