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11:57 pm Thursday, June 13, 2002

Obituaries for Thursday, June 13, 2002

By Staff
BONNIE RUTH WATSON
School tutor
PORT GIBSON Services for Bonnie Ruth Watson will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Mercy Seat M.B. Church with the Rev. Warren R. Mattox officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter's M.B. Church Cemetery. Rollins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Watson, 46, of Meridian, died Friday, June 7, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was born May 21, 1956, to Mary L. Graves Moore and Willie Robert Graves.
At an early age, Bonnie joined St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church in Pattison. After moving to McComb, she joined True Gospel Baptist Church. She later accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior and was baptized at the Countryside Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Chris Parker in Meridian, where she remained a faithful member until her death.
She was employed with the Northeast Elementary School as a SFA Tutor.
On July 4, 1996, she was joined in marriage with Zachary Joseph Watson. From this union, three children were born Ronnie, Rakeith and Roshanda Watson.
Survivors include her husband, Zachary of Nashville, Tenn.; her mother and stepfather, Mary Lee and Johnnie Moore of Pattison; three sons, Bryon Robertson, Rakeith Watson and Ronnie Watson, two daughters, Shawanda Reynolds and her husband, Vincent, and Roshanda Watson, all of Meridian; a brother, Ronnie Moore and his wife, Sarah, of Port Gibson; five sisters, Elizabeth Betty Brandon and her husband, William, Jimmie Rankin and her husband, Sam, Latina Williams and her husband, Darren Sr., all of Meridian, Willie Ruth Carter of Dallas and Virginia Dee and her husband, Joseph, of Pattison.
Other survivors include: six uncles, Robert Smith and his wife, Lottie, James Smith and his wife, Willie Bee, Joseph Smith and his wife, Marjorie, all of Cleveland, Ohio, Freddie Lee Graves and his wife, Sarah, and Shed Moore, all of Port Gibson and Samuel Hardges and his wife, Fannie, of Pattison; nine aunts, Mattie Jackson, Rosie Lee Thomas, Ethel Hamlin, Jessie Bell Jackson, Bertha Minor and her husband, Nathaniel, and Mary L. Smith, all of Port Gibson, Elizabeth Smith and Shelby Smith of Cleveland, Ohio, and Miriam Smith of Jackson; a dear mother-in-law, Annie M. Ware of Port Gibson; several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and dear friends who loved her dearly.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Visitation will be Friday noon-5 p.m. at the funeral home.
SARAH WATKINS
Homemaker
QUITMAN Services for Sarah Watkins will be held today at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Clay Lee officiating. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery with Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Watkins, 84, of Memphis, Tenn., died Sunday, June 9, 2002, at Bright Glade Nursing Home in Memphis.
Survivors include a son, David Watkins of Memphis; a daughter, Sally McClain of Memphis; and four grandchildren.
JIMMY H. HUGGINS
Retired barber
Services for Jimmy H. Huggins will be held today at 3 p.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Giles officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mr. Huggins, 63, of Meridian, died Tuesday, June 11, 2002, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his sons, Mike Huggins and Jeff Huggins of Meridian; a daughter, Pam Daniels of Meridian; a stepbrother, Bobby Hall of Meridian; three grandchildren, Steve Hill and his wife, Kim, David Daniels and Jennifer Huggins; two great-grandchildren, Alexis and Jacob Hill.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William B. Huggins and Nancy Elizabeth Hall Huggins; and a brother, William Butch Huggins.
Pallbearers will be Kenney Blackwell, Billy Moffett, Tom Eakes, David Daniels, Steve Hill and Rodney Harrison.

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