Jesse N. Watkins
October 6, 1895 ~ March 28, 1972
JESSE NEWSOME WATKINS, 76, A RETIRED EMPLOYEE OF ROCKY MOUNT MILLS, DIED TODAY AT HIS HOME.
A NATIVE OF WAKE COUNTY, HE WAS LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ROCKY MOUNT. HE WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. MAGGIE BOTTOMS WATKINS; THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. NETTIE PRITCHARD OF FALLS CHURCH, VA., MRS. MARGIE BOWEN OF HAMPTON, VA., AND MRS. DOLLIE RICHARDS OF PASADENA, TX.; THREE SONS, JESSE N. WATKINS JR. OF LUCAMA, ARTHUR AND JOHN WATKINS, BOTH OF ROCKY MOUNT; 12 GRANDCHILDREN; TWO NEPHEWS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THURSDAY AT 4P.M. FROM JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL BY THE REV. JOE TALBOT AND THE REV. LAWERENCE EVANS. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE HOME, 7 W. ELM ST.
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