Mary Alice Mickel Tompkins Watson MOULTRIE Mary Alice Mickel Tompkins Watson, 77, of Moultrie, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Fla. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Berlin Baptist Church with the Rev. Clyde Billingsley officiating. Burial will follow in Hopewell Cemetery. Born Jan. 28, 1937, in Valdosta, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Abb Mickel and Della Mae Clifton Mickel. She retired after 50 years at Riverside Manufacturing Company as a seamstress. She was a faithful member of Berlin Baptist Church. "She was a loving wife, mother and friend," her family remarked. She was preceded in death by her first husband of 42 years, Thomas L. Tompkins. Survivors include her husband, Gordan Watson of Moultrie; son, Richard Tompkins of Moultrie; daughter, Kelly Tompkins Griffin and husband Kim of Pavo; brothers, Thomas Howard Mickel and friend Angelica Castagnet of West Palm Beach, Fla., and John Wesley Mickel and wife Kathryn of Greenwwod, Fla.; stepchildren, Chad Watson and wife Becky of Augusta, Ga., Patti Dorminey of Moultrie and Jeannine Torbert and husband Jay of St. Simons Island, Ga.; and step-grandchildren, Paige Watson, Payton Watson, Parker Watson, Devon Day, Mathew Torbert , Jacob Torbert and Sara Grace Tobert. Visitation will be today, Dec. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. The family may be contacted at 5052 Ga. Hwy. 133 South, Moultrie, Ga., 31788. Baker Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please leave condolences to the family at
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