- Date Of Birth: February 11, 1969
- Date Of Death: April 28, 2021
- State: Illinois
Marley Rivers Watkins, 52, of O’Fallon, IL, passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, IL. Marley was born February 11, 1969 in Laurel, MS. After graduating Valedictorian from West Jones High School class 1987, Marley attended the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) where she graduated with honors in 1990.
At Ole Miss she met and then married her husband, Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Billy Joe Watkins, Jr., and became a devoted Air Force wife. Marley was an avid reader, loved to travel, always an attentive host, and enjoyed spending time at home caring for her beloved pets. She will be missed by all those she loved. Marley was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents; Mary and Elmo Sharp, her paternal grandparents; Ruby and Herman Rivers, her mother-in-law; Carolyn Hollingsworth Smith, step-father-in-law; Jack Smith, father-in-law; Billy Joe Watkins, Sr., and her fur babies; Jed, Sadie, Cliffy, Kitty Girl, Rufus, and Mimsy.
Surviving is her beloved husband; Billy Joe Watkins, Jr. of O’Fallon, IL, Mother; Violet Holifield of Laurel, MS, Father; John Herman Rivers of Ellisville, MS, one brother; Brian (Patty) Rivers of Hattiesburg, MS, one sister; Jude (Ken) Schapker of Cincinnati, OH, two half-sisters; Sherry Buckhaults and Marsha Yoder of Ellisville, MS, nephews; Justin, Jamieson, and Jared Schapker, and Christian, Max, and Louie Rivers and niece Sarah Rivers, and her furry, loving sidekicks; Bonnie and Clyde.
