Ersie Watkins

Ersie- Devoted to her family and home

Ersie Watkins, 92, of Toledo, OH died Saturday at the Lodge Care Center in Loveland, OH where she had been a resident for a short time. She was born September 8, 1911 in Moss, TN the daughter of the late Walter and Bertha (Clancy) Reecer. Ersie was a banquet waitress for the former Commodore Perry Hotel, and was also an assistant manager of His Place Christian Bookstore in Holland, OH.

On May 29, 1931 she married Benton A. Watkins and he survives. They were married 72 years. Also surviving is son Arnold (Patricia) Watkins of Lambertville, MI; daughter Gayle (James) Wood of Loveland, OH; 16 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; daughters-in-law Louise and Francis Watkins. She was preceded in death by sons Harold and Gerald Watkins.

Friends may call Tuesday from 2-4 & 6-8 P.M. at Newcomer-Farley Funeral Home 4150 W. Laskey Rd. (419-473-0300). Funeral services will be held at the funeral home Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. Interment will be in Toledo Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Kidney Foundation or Hospice of Northwest Ohio.

God saw you getting tired
when a cure was not to be,
so He closed His arms around
you and whispered "Come to Me"
You didn't deserve what you went
through, and so he gave you rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best.
And when I saw you sleeping,
so peaceful, free from pain,
I could not wish you back,
to suffer that again.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
but you didn't go alone.
For a part of us went with you,
the day God called you home.