Effie Watkins

Friday, December 29, 2017

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Effie Lee Merick Watkins was born in Sikeston, on Aug. 26, 1950, to the late Lloyd C. Merick and Helen Wilson Merick. She passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at the age of 67.

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