Mary Watson Wilkins

Published 4:56 pm Thursday, December 31, 2015

Mary Watson Wilkins
Dec. 25, 1938 – Dec. 28, 2015

Mary Watson Wilkins, 77, of 500 North Cross Road, Roper, North Carolina, was born on December 25, 1938 to the late Theodore Truitt Downing and Mattie Downing Watson. She transitioned into eternal rest on Monday, December 28, 2015 at 4:30 am at the Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville, N.C. Mary attended the public schools of Washington County (NC). She graduated from Washington County Union School in 1955.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers: Henry Watson, Raymond Tom Watson and Frank Downing; seven sisters: Ella Mae Chambers, Annie Hill, Helen Moore, Hildred Bowens, her identical twin – Martha Watson, Vivian Greene and Ada McQueen; her infant son, Willie and her daughter, Judy. She will be fondly remembered by her children: Clarence of Bronx, NY; William (Nicole) of Greenville, NC; Roderick (Joyce) of Junction City, Kansas; Sherri of Wendell, NC, and Derrick of Williamston, NC; three grandchildren reared in the home: Kinetra and Kendra of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Kristen of Raleigh, NC; two sisters: Pearlie Rogers of New York, NY; Ida Jones (Robert) of Norfolk, VA; one brother, Henry Downing (Patsy) of Long Island, NY; 10 additional grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Visitation will be Friday, January 01, 2016 at 7:00-8:00pm at Union Chapel Church of Christ, Disciples of Christ, 111 June Street, Roper, N.C. Funeral service will be Saturday, January 02, 2016 at 11:00 am at Washington & Norfolk District Assembly Headquarters, 30780 Jamesville, North Carolina, with Elder Russell Wilkins officiating and Elder Derrick L. Wilkins, Ph. D, as eulogist. Committal service will be at Wilkins Family Cemetery, Hortontown Road, Roper.

A service of comfort by Puckett–Purkett Funeral Service Inc., 300 West Buncombe Street, Roper, N.C. 27970, www.puckett-purkettfuneralservice.com.