Charlie Watkins
Dec. 15, 1915-Aug. 23, 1990
Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 27, 1990, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for Charlie Watkins, 74, 782 Beebee Road, Niles, are Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Mount Calvary Baptist church in Niles.
Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Watkins died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Pawating Hospital, Niles, following a brief illness.
Born Dec. 15, 1915, in Rolling Fork, Miss., he had lived in the area since 1988, coming here from Perris, Calif.
He worked as a mechanic.
Survivors include four daughters, Lillie Slaughter of Niles, Willie Bacon of Flint, Nanette Watkins of Niles and Victoria Watkins of South Bend, Ind.; four children; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son on Feb. 23, 1962.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. until time of the services on Wednesday.
Hoven Funeral Home of Buchanan is in charge of arrangements.