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Submitted: 7/4/24 • Approved: 7/4/24 • Last Updated: 7/7/24 • R597541-G597540-S3
Watkins
Alta L. McMurtrey
1913-1989
Beloved Mother And Grandmother
*Photo, courtesy M. Bishop
*Obituary
Big Spring--Alta Watkins, 76, died Tuesday in a local nursing home.
Graveside service will be at 4 p.m. Friday in Trinity Memorial Park, directed by Myers and Smith Funeral Home.
She was born Jan. 3, 1913 in Eldorado. She was a retired employee of Big Spring State Hospital.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. John (Bea) Price of Big Spring; two sons, Asa Glenn Watkins of Big Spring and Melvin Yarber of Alabaster, Ala.; four brothers, Vernon McMurtrey of Arkansas, Andrew McMurtrey of Fredericksburg and Cliff McMurtrey and Lee McMurtrey, both of Big Spring; one sister, Frances Remmler of Cibolo; 12 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
San Angelo Standard-Times
San Angelo, Texas
Thursday, March 9, 1989
Contributed on 7/4/24 by neldapat
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