Thomas Watkins Mr.

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Missouri State Death Certificates, Vital Records Statistics, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. I was living out of state and missed seeing him because he was immediately cremated after Tom passed away. My two sisters, Mother, and brother were there however. He was not buried but cremated shortly after death.

My brother was only nine years old when our Father died from a logging accident at the age of forty. He was as confused and upset as the rest of our family. Our father was our 'control' center and left a huge hole that no one could fill but him.

In 1965 our Mother married a second time and we relocated east of Whitesville, Missouri and attended school in King City, and road the school bus from our country home. He was a freshman. After graduation, he moved to Des Moines and in 1972 married Sarah Smith. They had no children and soon divorced. He later married again and this marriage also ended in divorce. He moved west and settled in Colorado, and New Mexico and later went to California. He worked as a Horticulturist in New Mexico and later moved into the Los Angeles area of California as a Bartender and Disc Jockey. I remember him saying how he often waited on some of the 'stars'.

In the fall of 1985, he came home to visit family and we were able to enjoy our time with him. While visiting with friends near Warrensburg, Missouri he was riding horses with them when his horse threw him off. The horse fell on him when he was on the ground and he suffered a fractured back and was paralyzed from this injury. We were all devastated for him, the last year of his life was not always a happy one. He died a week following his 35th Birthday.

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• Death record