Brenda Rice Watkins, aka Nana, age 69, of Powder Springs, GA passed away May 7, 2021. Funeral Service will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel in Marietta, GA with Rev. Keith Collins and Rev. Thomas Grantham officiating. Interment will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 14, 2021 at Shady Grove Cemetery in Murphy, NC with Rev. Jerry Rice officiating.
She is survived by her husband of almost 52 years, Ronald Thomas Watkins; daughters Sabrina West and Amber (Keith) Haggard; granddaughters Carrie West, Caitlin (Hunter) Colbert, Colleen West, Natalie Haggard, Ella Haggard, and Abbie Haggard; and great grandsons Colton Colbert, Langston Colbert, and Gunner Colbert. She was preceded in death by her parents Alfred Eugene Rice and Joyce D'Lois Martin; and brothers Bobby Rice, Carson Rice and David Rice.
Brenda was born in Young Harris, GA and lived her younger years in Mineral Bluff, GA. In her teens her family moved to Mableton, GA and attended Grace Baptist Church where she met and married her husband. In 1969, she began her career with the telephone company Southern Bell and continued her employment as the company changed names to Bellsouth and ATandT before her retirement in 2011. Brenda enjoyed sewing, gardening, watching her bird feeders, and, of course, bragging about her grandkids. She was a member of Floyd Road Baptist Church for the past 35 years.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 13, 2021 from 5 to 7 p.m. at West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, GA.
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