Clara Marie Watkins

November 29, 1928 - April 30, 2010

Marie Watkins, age 81, passed away at her residence at 11217 Drennen Drive, Tanner, AL on April 30, 2010, after a long term illness. She resided there with her granddaughter, Stacey Hurn, and two of her great -grandsons, Elijah and Joshua Hurn. In her younger years Ms Watkins lived in Petros, Tennessee where she graduated from Wartburg High School. There she met and married Joseph Douglas Watkins. They lived most of their adult life in and around Birmingham Alabama and were separated by Douglas death in 2008 after 59 years of marriage. Her parents Joe and Eva Peters and her sister Kathryn Strange also preceded her in death. She is survived by her brother, Dean Peters of Knoxville, TN; daughter, Rita Watkins of Birmingham, AL; son, Tom Watkins of Birmingham, AL; granddaughter, Stacey Hurn of Tanner, AL; grandson, Jay Winks of Birmingham, AL; as well as another great-grandson, Sheldon Winks. Interment will be at Anderson Memorial Gardens in Clinton, TN. A memorial service will be held graveside on Saturday, June 5 at 2:00 PM. Limestone Chapel is incharge of local arrangements.