FLORENCE — Bobby Ray Watkins Jr., 43, of Florence died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007.
Mr. Watkins was born in Hartsville, a son of Bobby Ray and Sherry Parker Watkins. He graduated from Francis Marion University with a BS in Biology and attended Baptist Bible College Graduate School of Theology in Springfield, Missouri and the Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the Church at Sandhurst. He was owner and president of Bobby Watkins Builders Inc., a member of the Florence Home Builders Association and a member of the Oxtown Motocross Club.
Surviving are his wife, Lisa Zeigler Watkins of the home; sons, Daniel Watkins, Robert Watkins and Terrence Watkins, all of Florence; mother and father of Hartsville; sisters, Paula Watkins of Columbia and Nicole (Arnold) Floyd of Hartsville; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Hollie Watkins of Hartsville; mother and father-in-law, Jerry and Mary Ruth Ziegler and a number of other family members and friends.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today in the Church at Sandhurst. Burial followed in Florence Memorial Gardens, directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.
The family receivedfriends from 2 to 3 p.m. at the church.
Published in Morning News on December 17, 2007
Bobby's Grandfather George Haney Watkins, Sr. and Grandmother Oddie B. Brown Watkins
preceded him in death.
FLORENCE — Bobby Ray Watkins Jr., 43, of Florence died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007.
Mr. Watkins was born in Hartsville, a son of Bobby Ray and Sherry Parker Watkins. He graduated from Francis Marion University with a BS in Biology and attended Baptist Bible College Graduate School of Theology in Springfield, Missouri and the Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the Church at Sandhurst. He was owner and president of Bobby Watkins Builders Inc., a member of the Florence Home Builders Association and a member of the Oxtown Motocross Club.
Surviving are his wife, Lisa Zeigler Watkins of the home; sons, Daniel Watkins, Robert Watkins and Terrence Watkins, all of Florence; mother and father of Hartsville; sisters, Paula Watkins of Columbia and Nicole (Arnold) Floyd of Hartsville; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Hollie Watkins of Hartsville; mother and father-in-law, Jerry and Mary Ruth Ziegler and a number of other family members and friends.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today in the Church at Sandhurst. Burial followed in Florence Memorial Gardens, directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.
The family receivedfriends from 2 to 3 p.m. at the church.
Published in Morning News on December 17, 2007
Bobby's Grandfather George Haney Watkins, Sr. and Grandmother Oddie B. Brown Watkins
preceded him in death.
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