Mrs. Alice Dee "Dee Dee" Watkins passed away August 3, 2003, at the family residence in Trumann of natural causes. She was 86 years old.

Mrs. Watkins was born in Harrisburg, Ark., and was a lifetime resident of the Trumann area. She was a retired bookkeeper for Stuckey's Gin and a member of First General Baptist Church in Trumann. Mrs. Watkins was preceded in death by two sisters; four brothers and was the daughter of the late Silas Davis and Julia Allen Threkield Terry.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Nellie Holt of Trumann, Mrs. Phyllis Staggs of Blytheville, Ark., Mrs. Suzette Stroud of Heber Springs, Ark, Mrs. Billie Jean Easton of Jonesboro; two sons, Terry Watkins of Bono and Jimmy Watkins of Trumann; thirteen grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 05, 2003, in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home in Trumann with Rev. Darrel Miller officiating. The burial followed at Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery in Jonesboro.

Active pallbearers were Al Jr. Ishmael, Steve Ishmael, Ben Spiker, Joey Watkins, Justin Watkins, Jeff Holt, Rodney Staggs and Kevin Watkins. Honorary pallbearers were Donald Valentine, Larry Tonne, Larry Jones, John Stuckey and Harold Box.

The family requests that those wishing to leave lasting memorials in honor of Mrs. Watkins, to donate to the St. Bernard's Hospice.