Queen Watkins

Queen G Watkins

Feb/19/1922 - May/07/2008

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Obituary of Queen G Watkins

CAMDEN - Graveside service for Queen Gardner Watkins, 86, will be held Saturday at 11:00 am in Quaker Cemetery. Rev. Bruce Hancock will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday 6 to 8 pm at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church: 1201 Broad St., Camden, SC 29020. Mrs. Watkins, wife of the late, Olin Watkins, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Born in Flat Creek, she was a daughter of the late D. Jack and Molly Pittman Gardner. She retired as a dispatcher with the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office. She was a member of First Baptist Church where she taught 3 year old Sunday School for over 25 years and was a member of the Adult Bible Sunday School Class. She loved her family and especially enjoyed spending time with her granddaughters. Surviving are her children, Brenda (Carl) Truesdale of Camden, Philip W. (Myra) Watkins of Boykin, and Larry M. (Robin) Watkins of Camden; sisters, Nelle Crimminger of Columbia, and Cora Bowers of Kershaw; grandchildren, Lesli Watkins of Camden, and Lisa Watkins of Greenville. She was predeceased by sisters, Lucy Mae Gardner, and Frances Watkins; brothers, Jack Gardner, Frank Gardner, and Pittman Gardner.

Visitation

5/9/2008, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Powers Funeral Home

Funeral Service

5/10/2008, 11:00 AM, Quaker Cemetery