Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Watkins, Cecil R., 1983 

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Cecil Watkins 

  Cecil Russell Watkins, 77, of Rescue died Friday in a hospital. 

  A native of Rescue, he had retired as a waterman and from Norfolk Naval 
Shipyard.  He was a former member of Smithfield Union Masonic Lodge 18. 

  Survivors include a sister, Carrie W. Schaefer of Rescue. 

  The funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Colonial Funeral Home, 
Smithfield, by the Revs. Donald Watkins and John F. Watkins.  Burial will 
be in Ivy Hill Cemetery. 

  The family will be at his sister's home. 


Cecil Russell WATKINS, of Rescue, retired waterman & NNSY boat builder, 
b. 9 Oct 1906, Rescue, Isle of Wight Co., d. 16 Dec 1983, Newport News, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 18 Dec 1983, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 61, No. 301, Sun., Dec. 18, 1983, p. 2 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #48: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Laurie (Thompson) Mercer - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92878150. 

His parents, John Wesley & Fannie Bell (PRESSON) WATKINS, 
   are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 83-041387


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