Mrs. Watkins Passes in Durham Hospital.
Mother of Mrs. Van Wyck Williams Dies After Illness of Two Months
Mrs. Pearl Banks Watkins, 71, who made her home here with Mrs. Van Wyck Williams, Sunset drive, Irving Park, died yesterday at Duek hospital, Durham, after illness of two months.
Daughter of Dr. Newton Paley Banks and Frances Jernigan Banks, Mrs. Watkins was a native of Bullock county, Alabama, and spent her early life in Columbus, Ga. She graduated from Wesleyan Female college, Macon, Ga., in 1889, and was married in 1893 to Dr. Warren Byers Watkins, of Opelika, Ala., who died in 1914. Mrs. Watkins lived in Opelika until 1909 and in Oklahoma City until 1920, when she went to Durham. She was a member of St. Philips Espiscopal church, Durham, member of the National Society of Colonial Dames, Daughters of American Revolution, and United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. Watkins organized the Oklahoma sociey of Colonial Dames and later was elected honorary president of that unit for life. She was past president of General Davie chapter of D.A.R., Durham, and past chairman of Durham county Colonial Dames.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Van Wyck Williams; Mrs. William Manning O'Connell, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Edward Knox Powe, Jr., Durham, and two sons, Warren Byers Watkins, Durham, and Austin [sic] Stoddard Watkins, Wilmington. Wight grandchildren survive.
Funeral service will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon in Opelika, Ala., at Trinity church, with burial in that city.
