Obit of Watkins Jr., Donald L. - Craig County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 23 Jul 2006 Return to Craig County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/craig/craig.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Ketchum Cemetery--Ketchum OK The Grove Sun Daily Donald L. Watkins, Jr. 1945-2005 KETCHUM, Okla. - Donald L. Watkins, Jr., 59, died Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at Grove Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 15, 2005 at First Southern Baptist Church of Ketchum, Okla. Burial will follow at Ketchum Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7-8 p.m., Friday, January 14, 2005 at Ellis Funeral Home, Grove, Okla. Donald Lee Watkins, Jr. was born on June 2, 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Donald Lee and Nora (Humes) Watkins, Sr. He married Virginia Walls on December 30, 1962 in Augusta, Kan. Donald worked as an Arson Investigator for the State of Kansas. He worked in law enforcement for thirty years before his retirement. He was a member of AARP, Kansas Police Officers Association, IAAI, and the Lions Club. Donald enjoyed fishing, bowling, repairing rods & reels, and lure design and manufacturing. Survivors include: his wife, Virginia of Ketchum; his father, Donald Lee Watkins, Sr.; one daughter, Rochelle Lynn Cecil of Wynne, Ark.; one brother, Charles Dean Watkins of Wichita, Kan.; one grandson, Ronald Kyle Cecil of St. Charles, Mo. He was preceded in death by his mother, Nora Watkins. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ketchum Fire Department, Ketchum, Okla. Services are entrusted to Ellis Family Funeral Home, 107 S. Broadway, Grove, Okla. 74344, 918-786-5172. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Craig County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/craig/craig.html