Mr. Wylie Booker Watkins passed on January 12, 2024, born to parents, Parthenia Nowells and Willie Lee Watkins, on March 25, 1942.

Suvivors include his children, Millie Bailey, Wylie "Ran" Watkins, Meta "Ann" Watkins, Priscilla Smith and Tammy Moon; stepson, Errol Thomas; siblings, Annie Sue Armstrong, Lugenia Smith, Louise Mattox and Mattie Mae Bell; 10 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren.