Too Much Sadness For One Day! :

This was also in this mornings "The State".

LUGOFF — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Linwood Watkins, 62, of Lugoff at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Monday, January 11, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Rev. Francis Travis will officiate. The family will have a Christian Vigil Sunday, January 10, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. with a visitation to follow at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel.

Mr. Watkins, husband of Barbara Fellers Watkins, died Thursday, January 7, 2010. Born in Richmond, VA, he was the son of the late Linwood E. Watkins Sr. and Dorothy Josephine Davis Watkins. He was a 1965 graduate of Camden High School and a 1985 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in business administration. He had retired from DuPont. He was a member of the 1964 Camden High School football Champions. He enjoyed drag racing, boat racing, hunting, fishing, golf, coaching girl’s slow pitch and fast pitch softball and dancing with Bobbie. Mr. Watkins was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church.

Mr. Watkins, is survived by his wife of 36 years; daughters, Samantha Watkins Crider (Justin) of Saint Matthews and Vivian Belden Watkins of Lugoff; grandson, Christopher Palmer Titus; sisters, Kay Strubeck of Dallas, TX, and Gail Crawford of Greenville; and brother, Edward Watkins of Lawrenceville, GA.

On-line condolences may be sent to the Watkins family by visiting www.kornegayfuneral.com.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.