Submitted by: Dan Rich

Antwain Deshawn Lawrence Watkins, Jr.

June 28, 1996 - Nov. 19, 1996

South Bend Tribune 11/22/1996

Antwain Deshawn Lawrence Watkins, Jr., 4 months old, passed away at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital. Leaving to cherish his memory is his mother, Symphonie Watkins. His father Antwain Deshawn Lawrence Taylor preceded him in death in May 1996. He is also survived by his sister, Latwauna Lawrence, all of South Bend; his maternal grandparents, Pamela and Carlos Buckingham; his maternal great-grandmother, Willa Mae Love; and his paternal grandmother, Judith Taylor, all of South Bend; his paternal grandfather, Bobby Lawrence of Dallas, Texas; his paternal step-grandfather, Floyd Taylor; his paternal great-grandmother, Bessie Lawrence; and his paternal great-grandfather, Harold Mayes, all of South Bend; three aunts, Tracy Taylor and Renae Watkins, both of South Bend, and Latanya Lawrence of Nashville, Tenn.; three uncles, Lyrics Watkins, Floyd Taylor, and Torrence Taylor, all of South Bend. His maternal grandfather, Simon Love, Sr., and paternal grandfather, Clark Harper, Sr., both preceded him in death in 1996.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. today at Alford's Mortuary, with burial to follow at Highland Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before the service. Alford's Mortuary is in charge of arragements