Obituary of Robert Watkins

Robert M. Watkins, 76, New London, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 in a Tyler hospital. Mr. Watkins was born December 7, 1932 in Dangerfield Texas to the late Henry W. and Sarah Orear Watkins. He was a veteran of WW II serving in the US Marines and moved to New London in 1979 from Dallas. He married Juanita Henson December 11, 1992 in Kilgore and retired from Exeter Drilling Company where he had worked for 25 years as a driller. Survivors include his wife, Juanita Watkins of New London, two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Wayne and Nina Watkins of Surgress, Arkansas and Jerry and Barbara Watkins of KIlgore; a sister, Robbie Ford of Laird Hill; numerous grandchildren; several great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.