1929
William
2009
William Watkins
June 15, 1929 — June 6, 2009
William R. Watkins Jr., 79, of Florence died Saturday at Brighton Gardens in Edgewood.
He was a retired senior master sergeant in the Air Force who served in the Korean War, the owner of Bill Watkins Construction Co. and a member of St. Paul Church in the Florence and the U.S. Air Force Sergeants Association.
Survivors include his wife, Bernadette Rubsam Watkins; a daughter, Roxann Watkins of Florence; sons, Peter Joseph Watkins Sr. of Union and William R. Watkins III of King George, Va.; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Timothy Church, 10272 U.S. 42 in Union. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday at Stith funeral Home in Florence. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to the Parkinson's Association, 165 W. Galbraith Road, Suite 218, Cincinnati, OH 45216, American Heart Association, 240 Whittington Parkway, Louisville, KY 40222 and American Lung Association of Kentucky, 1636 Nicholasville Road, Suite 1, Lexington, KY 40503.
He was a retired senior master sergeant in the Air Force who served in the Korean War, the owner of Bill Watkins Construction Co. and a member of St. Paul Church in the Florence and the U.S. Air Force Sergeants Association.
Survivors include his wife, Bernadette Rubsam Watkins; a daughter, Roxann Watkins of Florence; sons, Peter Joseph Watkins Sr. of Union and William R. Watkins III of King George, Va.; and two grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Timothy Church, 10272 U.S. 42 in Union. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday at Stith funeral Home in Florence. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.
Memorials are suggested to the Parkinson's Association, 165 W. Galbraith Road, Suite 218, Cincinnati, OH 45216, American Heart Association, 240 Whittington Parkway, Louisville, KY 40222 and American Lung Association of Kentucky, 1636 Nicholasville Road, Suite 1, Lexington, KY 40503.
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