Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Watkins, Mattie Langford Roberts April 18, 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 April 20, 2016, 10:56 am Norfolk Virginian Pilot April 19, 1940 Mrs. Mattie Langford Roberts Watkins, aged 74, died at her residence 815 Graydon avenue, yesterday morning at 4:20 o'clock after an illness of one year. A native of Windsor, Mrs. Watkins had been a resident of Norfolk 34 years. She was the widow of Erastus Allen Watkins and daughter of Benjamin and Mrs. Sarah Langford Roberts, and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H.M. Brooks and Miss Lucile Watkins; one son, John R. Watkins, and four grandchildren, all of Norfolk. Funeral services will be conducted at the Cox Funeral Home, 631 Westover avenue at Manteo street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock instead of 3 as reported yesterday. The Rev. Broadus E. Jones, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the family plot in Elmwood Cemetery. Additional Comments: Elmwood File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/w/watkins11380gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb