The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Sunday, November 19, 1995              TAG: 9511190114
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GERAS D. WATKINS JR.

Geras D. Watkins Jr., 39, of the 1900 block of South Military Highway, died Nov. 17, 1995, in Norfolk.

Mr. Watkins, a native of Sumter, S.C., worked as a truck driver. He was a Baptist.

He is survived by his mother, Helen Elizabeth Watkins of Norfolk; sister, Debora Baird of Virginia Beach; maternal grandmother, Mary Anna Savage of Virginia Beach; and several relatives in other areas.

A funeral service will be conducted at noon Tuesday by Dr. James Nowell in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, Virginia Beach. Burial is in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home Monday from 7 to 8 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB