Penelope Jones Watkins

Penelope (Penny) Jones Watkins, 69, Strong in her faith, True lover of Dogs. Penny was born in Dayton Ohio. She was the apple of her father’s eye and it didn’t hurt that she was the second redhead child in the family just like him. David Lloyd Jones and Eloise Taylor Jones were the proud welcoming parents to this little girl who came into their lives in January 1948. They knew she would keep her two older brothers David Lloyd Jones II and Robert Taylor Jones busy. Sometime later two more boys, Charles Brooks Jones and William Eben Jones, joined the trio. That was the beginning of the “Fab Five”. Penny matriculated at Fort Walton Elementary, Pryor Junior High and Choctawhatchee High School and graduated with a BS degree in Elementary Education from Auburn University. Penny was a true Auburn “War Eagle” fan. After teaching for one year as an elementary school teacher, she became a flight attendant for TWA where she met her future sister-in-law, Patricia Kirby, who later married her older brother, Rob. Penny flew for TWA, Western Airlines and finally Continental Airlines where she met her husband. She and the late Rick Watkins were married for fourteen years. For over forty-two years she lived and flew out of Los Angeles, Chicago, Kansas City, Newark, Winston-Salem, Denver and finally Houston. When she retired she and her beloved dogs settled in the St. James Bay community of Carrabelle, Florida where she built the home of her dreams on the St. James Bay golf course. Penny is survived by brothers David (Silvia) of Dayton OH, Rob (Pat) of Acton, MA, Brooks (Faye) of Cape San Blas, FL and Bill (Caroline) of Tallahassee, FL and twenty nine nieces and nephews. Although it broke her heart, she “re-homed” her beloved dogs, Ginny, Cody and Paddy with friends who treat them as their own with lots of love, warmth and compassion. Penny was very close to her brother Brooks’ church, Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola, FL, and then when she moved to Tallahassee, to her brother Bill’s church, Holy Comforter Episcopal Church. She lived her life with devotion to God and Jesus Christ, and she led her life according to the Bible. She definitely was not one of the “Frozen Chosen” but strived to think of others before thinking of herself. Penny touched many lives who are blessed with the memory of a very special woman. She died as she lived - with the faith and consolation of her religion. Services celebrating her life will be at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, 2015 Fleischmann Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32308 on October 24, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Memorials may be made in memory of Penny Watkins to Trinity Episcopal Church, Apalachicola, FL (https://www.trinityapalachicola.org/) or Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Tallahassee, FL (https://www.hc-ec.org/). Susie Mozolic of Bevis Funeral Home is assisting the family with their arrangements. (www.bevisfh.com)

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Penelope Jones Watkins

January 28, 1948 - October 13, 2017