Obit of Watkins, Joey Lynn - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 29 Jan 2006 Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.html ========================================================================== ::Oakgrove Cemetery--Sulphur OK Watkins, Joey Lynn On August 23rd our beloved Joey Lynn Watkins made his final passage into Heaven to be with his mom, a few family members and many friends that have gone on before him. He was born on July 8, 1960, in Auburn, California to Betty Louise Watkins (Sexton) and Irving Lee Watkins. Joey grew up in the NW OKC area, was a graduate of Chilocco Indian School, where he participated in sports of all kinds. He worked for DeLong mailing service, which is now Okla. Direct as a tier/mail clerk for many years and currently was working for OKC Parks and Recreations. Joey attended church at Harvestime Tabernacle where he would play the bass guitar. You could sometimes hear him singing in the background. He loved the Southern Gospel Singers...'The Happy Goodman Family.' There are so many good thoughts or a special smile that he left to each and every one of us. We will always get to keep our own loving memory of him. Joey was and is loved by his son Joey, sisters and brothers so very, very, very much, and will forever be close to our hearts. Joey was survived by his only son, Lil Joey of OKC; daughter, Angela May of Red Lake, Minn; four sisters, Pamela Watkins King, Barbara Freeman, Teresa Arnold and Cathy Byrd; six brothers, Mike Watkins and wife Lynn, Irving Lee Watkins and wife Joyce, Marty Watkins, Joe Eddie Watkins and Lee Jr Watkins; many nieces, nephews and extended family members. Wake will be at 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 26, 2005 and service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2005, both at Harvestime Tabernacle Church. He will be laid to rest at Oakgrove Cemetery in Sulphur, OK at 2:00 p.m. Published in The Oklahoman on 8/26/2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html