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 Honorable Samuel Richelieu Bismarck Watkins
The Watkins, Boyd and Davies families of the Republic of Liberia and the United States of America announce the peaceful home-going of Honorable Samuel Richelieu Bismarck Watkins, former Deputy Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Deputy Managing Director for Telecommunications, and Managing Director for the Liberian Telecommunication Corporation. His peaceful passing occurred early Thursday morning, September 12, 2019 at the home of his son and daughter, Burgess and Eddie-Mae Abu-Smail - surrounded by his children.
Samuel was predeceased by his wife, Mildred Thelma Summerville Watkins, parents, Samuel Richard Bismarck Watkins and Catherine Watkins, his sisters; Margaret and Eva Watkins, brothers; Samuel D. Green Sr. and Roland T. Barnes Sr., and sister-in-law, Louise Summerville, three children including James Karnga, and several uncles and aunts.
Honorable Watkins leaves to mourn his loss his children: Richard Van Watkins (Michele), Audrey Solomon (Leonard-deceased), Amelia Smallwood (June), Sheila Womack (Asaph), Eddie-Mae Abu-Smail (Burgess), Magdalene Sowid, and Augustine Bornah Watkins, sixteen grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren. Also, Watta Menjor, Mary Johnson, Robin Womack and Jackie Allen whom he embraced as daughters.
He also leaves to mourn his loss, his sisters Maggie Boyd Dennis, Eudora F. Barnes, Tidi Spears-Stewart, sisters-in-law, Mrs. Williette Gloria Summerville Cooper, Mrs. Magdalene Wanee Cooper Brown, Mrs. Comfort Marcia Cooper Minor, brother-in-law, Charles A. Minor. His nieces and nephews include: Richelieu Campbell (Martha), Vera Graham, Emmett Dennis (Patience), Rose Moulton (Seth), Rupert Hoff (Geraldine), Roland Hoff (Mietta), Henrina Mason (Garfield), Velma Hoff, Victor Hoff (Carolyne), Konner Dennis, William Reide Dennis, Sheronda Padmore Koffa and many other family members, friends and associates, in the United States, Liberia and the world.
Funeral Arrangements are as follows:
Arcola United Methodist Church, 52 Paramus Rd. Paramus, NJ 07652
Wake: Friday September 27, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Funeral: Saturday September 28, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. EST.
Interment:
George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery
234 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ 07652
Hotel Accommodations:
Courtyard by Marriott Paramus
320 Route 17 North
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 599-1414
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Paramus
601 From Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 262-6900
Holiday Inn Express Paramus
50 State Route 17
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 843-5400
Saddle Brook Marriott
138 New Pehle Avenue
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
(201) 843-9500
Hampton Inn Paramus
625 From Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
(201) 262-0046
Contacts:
Richard Watkins: 917-913-1477
Burgess Abu-Smail: 973-277-8505
Audrey Watkins Solomon: 240-421-8719
Amelia Smallwood: 215-868-1184
Dr. Sheila Womack: 570-856-5277
Eddie-Mae AbuSmail: 908-229-2052
Bonnie King: 480-262-6788
Comfort Brown: 240-447-6130
June Smallwood: 215-688-0048
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