Duane Kevin

Watkins

Obituary

Duane Kevin Watkins, 50, of Orangeburg, South Carolina died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Deacons of New River Baptist Church will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Mr. Watkins was born on August 11, 1957 in Fulton County and was the son of Don Watkins of Lizella and Maxine York Watkins of Tifton. He was a retired truck driver and dispatcher and a member of New River Baptist Church.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Watkins is survived by his wife, Crystal Hunt Watkins of Orangeburg, South Carolina; two sisters and their families, Renita and Michael Luck and their daughter, Audrey, all of Albany, and Danise German and her daughter, Kirstin Burroughs, both of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and her son, Brannon Burroughs and his wife, Sharon, of Sandy Springs; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.