Born in Winston, Daviess, Missouri, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Riley Watkins
and Esther Mae (Riggs) Coffield
Sister of
Elsie Watkins [half], John Lawrence Watkins [half], Seneca Newton Watkins [half], Anna Belle Watkins, Samuel David Watkins, Oda Revene (Watkins) Magee, Charles Edwin Watkins, James Daniel Watkins, [private sister (1920s - unknown)], Ruth (Watkins) Pyle, Bud Watkins, Hazel (Watkins) Bowers, [private sister (1930s - unknown)], [private sister (1930s - unknown)], Rosie Watkins and [private brother (1930s - unknown)]
Wife of
Everett Parton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 77
in Camden Twp, DeKalb, Missouri, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2015
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Biography
Mary Watkins was born on 07/04/1922 in Winston, Daviess, Missouri, USA to James Riley Watkins (1883 - 1938) and Esther May Riggs Coffield (1894 - 1954). She was the 9th of 13 siblings:
- Elsie Grace Watkins Zacher (1907 - 1970)**
- John Lawrence Watkins (1909 - 1986)**
- Seneca Newton Watkins (1911 - 1912)**
- Anna Belle Watkins (1914 - 1914)*
- Samuel David Watkins (1915 - 2013)*
- Oda Revene Watkins Magee (1917 - 1988)*
- Charles Edwin Watkins (1919 - 2008)*
- James Daniel Watkins (1921 - 1961)*
- Mary Elizabeth Watkins Parton (1922 - 2000)
- Martha Ellen Watkins Rose (1924 - ____)*
- Ruth Marie Watkins Pyle (1925 - 2011)*
- William Eugene Watkins (1927 - 2001)*
- Hazel Deanna Watkins Bowers (1929 - 1967)*
# Audrey Lucille Watkins Hansen (1931 - 2014)*
- Hannah Jane Watkins Shepard (1933 - ____)*
- Rosie Marie Watkins (1936 - 1936)*
Betty married Everett Parton (1920 - 2002). They were married for 59 years and had four boys and 6 girls:
- Deborah June Parton Frazier (1951 - ____)*
- Brian Earl Parton (1955 - ____)*
Betty passed away on 06/15/2000 in Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri, USA and is buried at Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery, Starfield, Clinton County, Missouri, USA
Sources
- Find A Grave Memorial# 15487913 (Maintained by: bill alexander) (A picture of Betty can be found along with her headstone)
Acknowledgements
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
-
~25.00%
~25.00%
Yvonne (Watkins) Clark 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member YWClark
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~0.78%
John Fulmer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A013316 [compare], Ancestry member jfulmer771
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