Terry Watkins, Jr.

Terry Lynn Watkins, Jr., 70-year-old Lenapah resident, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2007 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Terry Watkins was born May 27, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first of four children born to Terry Lynn and Anna Katherine Watkins. Terry was a graduate of Severne Prep. School in Annapolis, Maryland. He served three years in the U.S. Army. He then attended Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa and graduated with his A&E Mechanics certificate and his commercial pilot's license. This is perhaps where he came to remember the phrase "In God we trust, all else we check." He married Mary Lou Langworthy on September 14, 1957 in San Antonio, Texas. He eventually "landed" a job with United Airlines in Los Angeles. He retired in 1985 and moved to Lenapah at that time, where he continued his longstanding membership with the ALPA & NRA. Mr. Watkins is survived by his wife Mary; by three daughters, Mary Anne Hatton of Bella Vista, Arkansas, Pamela Bethards of Camarillo, California, and Bonnie Watkins of Cushing; by 6 grandchildren; by 4 great-grandchildren; by two sisters, Emily Loya of Pasadena, Maryland, and Nancy Hardesty of Maryland; and by one brother, Robert Watkins of Annapolis, Maryland. To his family and friends he leaves this quote, "To fly west, my friend is a flight we must all take for our final check."

Service Details

Friday, August 10th, 2007 10:00am, Mt. Washington Cemetery

Interment Details

Mt. Washington Cemetery