Obituaries: Rosie Lee Haigler Watkins, 1952, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 1, 1952 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Conducted For Mrs. Watkins Monday Afternoon

Rites Are Held At Siloam Church For Prominent Citizen

Funeral services were held at Siloam Springs Methodist Church Monday afternoon
for Mrs. Rosie Lee Haigler Watkins, who died in a Hodge clinic after a lengthy
illness.  Rites were conducted by the Rev. Troy Garrett, pastor of the Siloam
Church of Chatham and the Rev. W. O. Lynch, pastor of the Jonesboro Methodist
Church, and interment was in the Siloam Cemetery under direction of Edmonds
Funeral Home of Jonesboro.

Mrs. Watkins was the mother of nine living children, the eldest of whom is
Mrs. Lucy M. Brady of Pensacola, Fla.  Others include Mrs. Ethel Hawthorne of
Jonesboro, Herschel, Lee, Bob, and Raymond Watkins of Wyatt, and Harry Watkins
of Jonesboro, and Lyman and Mary Ella Watkins of Wyatt.  Stepchildren include
Mrs. Ada Pullen of Wyatt, Mrs. Polly Robinson of Jonesboro, and Homer Watkins
of Wyatt.

Survivors also include 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; a
brother, Gordia Haigler, Dodson; three sisters, Mrs. Beulah Jordan, Memphis,
Tenn., Mrs. Essie Faith and Mrs. Tommie Stovall of Dodson.