OBITUARY - AMANDA F. (TUCKER) WATKINS

Submitted by: Shirley Wilkerson, SSwilkerson  at  comcast.net

Source: "The Cowlitz County Advocate," Castle Rock, Cowlitz Co., Washington,
April 27, 1939

Mrs. Watkins Dies Sunday Morning

Amanda F. Watkins, resident of this community for 55 years, died early Sunday
morning at her home, after several months of illness.  She was born at
Silverton, Ore., April 16, 1870, and came here with her parents in 1884.  They
lived for several years on the West Side, moving to town in 1889.  She was
married October 11, 1905, to William Watkins.  She was a member of the Christian
Church. 

She leaves her husband; two sisters, Mrs. Jane Crampton, of Onalaska, and Mrs.
Effie Hill; two brothers, William and Warren Tucker; seven nieces, and six
nephews. 

The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church, with
Rev. Edward R. Rogers officiating.  The church choir furnished the music.  The
pallbearers were Sam Jones, J.C. Mets, Pearl Campbell, Percy Affleck, James Boyd
and L.P. Hurst.  Interment was in the Whittle cemetery. 

Among the out-of-town relatives and friends present for the services were Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle H. Redick and baby, of Eugene Oregon, Mrs. Jane Crampton, of
Onalaska, Mr. and Mrs. Allen, of Centralia, Mrs. Opal Conklin of Montesano, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Dunn and Mrs. Bertha Worley of Seattle, Bob Bateson and Albert
Churchill, of Longview, Mrs. Doris Salzberry, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brewer, and Mr.
and Mrs. Malcolm of Kelso.