Lela Mae Elmore Watkins Obituary

We are sad to announce that, on September 26, 2025, at the age of 95, Lela Mae Elmore Watkins (Nashville, Tennessee) passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Lela Mae Elmore Watkins to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Horace Greeley Elmore and Dora Lee Justice Elmore; her husband Garland Watkins; her son Richard Watkins (Dick); her daughter-in-law Vicki Watkins; and her sister Mary Eloise Colvin.

She is survived by: her daughter Jeanne Watkins Allen (Vic) of Lebanon, TN; her grandchildren, Valerie Allen Robbins (Steve) of Oakland, TN, Dr. Julie Allen Crutcher (Sam) of Bethpage, TN, Dr. David Watkins (Lauren) of Seattle, WA and Jeffrey Allen (Lyndsay) of Collierville, TN.; and her great grandchildren, Jonah Robbins of Bartlett, TN, Cassidy Robbins of Cordova, TN, Anna Crutcher of Bethpage, TN, Isabelle Watkins of Seattle, WA and Andy Crutcher of Bethpage, TN..

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Immanuel Baptist Church 4G2C building program or the Gideons.