Funeral service for Dot Watkins, 84, will be Monday, December 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Center Springs Church with Bro. Michael Mason officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Center Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, December 11, 2023 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Center Springs Church.
Mrs. Watkins passed away on Friday, December 8, 2023 at Decatur Morgan Hospital. She was born September 14, 1939, in Morgan County, to Thomas Crittenden Dunaway and Dooma Lynn Dunaway.
She was employed as a Postal Clerk for the United States Postal Service, prior to her retirement and loved to cook for her family and friends. She was a life-long member of Center Springs Church where she played the piano, led the music and sang with the voice of an angel. She also taught Sunday School. Mrs. Watkins was a very generous person and taught her family to appreciate what they had and to always help other. She loved ministering to children at the schools where she taught as a substitute teacher.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Gilbert and Billy Joe Dunaway and sisters, Arlene Sivley, Leevella McGee and Ina Johnston and a grandchild, Erin Nicole Speegle.
Survivors include
Husband of 63 years- Jim Watkins
Son – Jim Watkins (Donna)
Daughters – Julia Randolph (Yancey)
Mary Speegle (Terry)
Three Grandchildren –
Brianna Bohannon (Andrew), Jake Randolph (Amanda)
and Luke Randolph (Shaynah).
Three Great Grandchildren –
Hazel Randolph, Halson Randolph and Atlas Randolph.
Pallbearers will be Luke Randolph, Andrew Bohannon, Jake Randolph, Trevor Borden, Bill Dunaway, Thomas Wade and Ryan Wade.
Peck Funeral Home
