JOHN WILLIAM "BOSS" WATKINS

 

Funeral Services for John William “Boss” Watkins, 73, of San Augustine were held Monday, February 10, 2025, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, with Bro. Rick Harrison officiating.  He passed from this life on Friday, February 6, 2025, in San Augustine County, Texas.  He was born October 25, 1951, to parents, Jake and Stella Watkins in Nacogoches County, Texas.  

John retired from the Houston Lighting and Power Company after 27 years and then retiring back to San Augustine where he owned and operated Watkins Feed Store for 10 years.  He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hemphill. 

Those who are left to cherish his memory include his wife, Gail Watkins of San Augustine; daughters, Kathryn Pay and husband, Ryan of San Augustine and Angie Meador of Spring; grandchildren, Jonathan Mills and wife Angela, Aaron Blanshan and wife Lacy, Kirsten Johns and husband Mitchell, Wayde Blanshan, Will Pay and wife Kylee, and Jake Pay, and 7 great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Valerie Lynn Fisk, his parents, Jake and Stella Watkins, sisters, Barbara Ann Gunn and Shirley Faye Phillips.

Interment followed in the McMahan Chapel in the Sabine County, Texas.

Condolences can be made at www.wymanrobertsFH.com, Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine were in charge of the arrangements.