Daughter of Joseph and Virginia Viana Forrest Bunting.
Married June 30, 1888.
Below is Mrs. Watkins' obituary from "The Daily Press" of Newport News, VA:
Mrs. E.L. Watkins Dies in Messick
Messick, Apr. 11--Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Watkins, 82, died at her home here this afternoon after a short illness. A native of Messick, and a lifelong resident of the community, she was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and the Ladies Bible Class of the church. Survivors include her husband, E.L. Watkins, and a son, T.H. Watkins, both of Messick; three sisters, Mrs. W.S. Rollins, Mrs. M.V. Rand and Mrs. W.C. Topping, all of Jeffs; four brothers, H.S. Bunting of Messick, and J.F. Bunting, E.D. Bunting, and S.T. Bunting, all of Jeffs; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Comment: Jeffs was the area of present-day Poquoson, then part of York County, around present-day Bunting Lane and Church Road. The Buntings all seemed to live in that vicinity.
Married June 30, 1888.
Below is Mrs. Watkins' obituary from "The Daily Press" of Newport News, VA:
Mrs. E.L. Watkins Dies in Messick
Messick, Apr. 11--Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Watkins, 82, died at her home here this afternoon after a short illness. A native of Messick, and a lifelong resident of the community, she was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and the Ladies Bible Class of the church. Survivors include her husband, E.L. Watkins, and a son, T.H. Watkins, both of Messick; three sisters, Mrs. W.S. Rollins, Mrs. M.V. Rand and Mrs. W.C. Topping, all of Jeffs; four brothers, H.S. Bunting of Messick, and J.F. Bunting, E.D. Bunting, and S.T. Bunting, all of Jeffs; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Comment: Jeffs was the area of present-day Poquoson, then part of York County, around present-day Bunting Lane and Church Road. The Buntings all seemed to live in that vicinity.
Daughter of Joseph and Virginia Viana Forrest Bunting.
Married June 30, 1888.
Below is Mrs. Watkins' obituary from "The Daily Press" of Newport News, VA:
Mrs. E.L. Watkins Dies in Messick
Messick, Apr. 11--Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Watkins, 82, died at her home here this afternoon after a short illness. A native of Messick, and a lifelong resident of the community, she was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and the Ladies Bible Class of the church. Survivors include her husband, E.L. Watkins, and a son, T.H. Watkins, both of Messick; three sisters, Mrs. W.S. Rollins, Mrs. M.V. Rand and Mrs. W.C. Topping, all of Jeffs; four brothers, H.S. Bunting of Messick, and J.F. Bunting, E.D. Bunting, and S.T. Bunting, all of Jeffs; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Comment: Jeffs was the area of present-day Poquoson, then part of York County, around present-day Bunting Lane and Church Road. The Buntings all seemed to live in that vicinity.
Married June 30, 1888.
Below is Mrs. Watkins' obituary from "The Daily Press" of Newport News, VA:
Mrs. E.L. Watkins Dies in Messick
Messick, Apr. 11--Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Watkins, 82, died at her home here this afternoon after a short illness. A native of Messick, and a lifelong resident of the community, she was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and the Ladies Bible Class of the church. Survivors include her husband, E.L. Watkins, and a son, T.H. Watkins, both of Messick; three sisters, Mrs. W.S. Rollins, Mrs. M.V. Rand and Mrs. W.C. Topping, all of Jeffs; four brothers, H.S. Bunting of Messick, and J.F. Bunting, E.D. Bunting, and S.T. Bunting, all of Jeffs; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Comment: Jeffs was the area of present-day Poquoson, then part of York County, around present-day Bunting Lane and Church Road. The Buntings all seemed to live in that vicinity.
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