She was preceded in death by her husband, Jess Willard Watkins, Sr.
Mary retired from the Hamilton County School System and was a member of the Apison Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Margaret Watkins, of Apison, TN., Jim and Dianne Watkins, of Blairsville, GA., daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Bruce Newman, of Louisville, TN., three grandchildren, four great grandchildren, one great-great grandson, sister, Dorothy Earl, of Buford, GA., and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m., Sunday in the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with Pastor Gary Shepherd officiating. Interment will follow at Plowman Cemetery in Apison.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Saturday at the funeral home.
Please share your thoughts and memories online at www.ChattanoogaValleyViewChapel.com
Arrangements by Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist, 7414 Old Lee Highway.
