Isle of Wight-Elizabeth City County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Watkins, Milton P., 1961 

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Milton Watkins Dies at Rescue; Rites Tomorrow 

  SMITHFIELD - Milton Presson Watkins, 68, retired waterman, died Monday night 
at his home in Rescue after a long illness. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Bullock 
Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Smithfield. 

  A native of Elizabeth City County, he had lived in Rescue for the past 59 
years. 

  He was the son of the late John W. and Mrs. Fannie Presson Watkins of 
Elizabeth City County. 

  He was a World War I veteran and was a member of the disabled American 
Veterans organization, the 4th Division Organization and the George F. 
Dashiell American [Legion] Post No. 49. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Barham Watkins of the home; two 
sisters, Mrs. Carrie Schaefer and Mrs. Fannie Pearl Lemon of San Diego, 
Calif.; and a brother, Cecil R. Watkins of Rescue. 


Milton Presson WATKINS, retired waterman, WW-I veteran, 
b. 14 Mar 1893, Elizabeth City Co., d. 8 May 1961, at home, Rescue, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery*, Smithfield, 10 May 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 110, Tues., May 9, 1961, p. 3 

An obituary also appeared in the "Daily Press," May 9, 1961. 

*Additional information: 

His parents, John Wesley & Fannie Bell (PRESSON) WATKINS, 
   are also buried there. 
   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 #92878208. 

D.Cert. 13284 (Dist. 146 #23) gives his mother as Fannie P. 


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