John Watkins

Mr. John William Watkins, age 84 of Panama City Beach, Florida, formerly of Marietta, passed away on February 18, 2026.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 2 P.M. from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Hamilton officiating.

The family will receive friends from 12:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. Internment will follow in Cherokee Memorial Park.

Mr. Watkins graduated from Cherokee High School in 1960. He attended Reinhardt College, Georgia Tech, and graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor's Degree.   He was employed by Lockheed Georgia and retired from the State of Georgia Department of Administrative Services Data Processing. He also taught night classes at Chattahoochee Tech for 8 years.

Mr. Watkins was preceded in death by his parents, Mack McCellen Simpson Watkins and Georgia Loraine Compton Watkins, Son, John Barry Watkins, Aunts, Florence Pirkle, Gladys Bishop, Irene Boling, Liddy McDougal, and Kate Gaddis, Uncle, Lonnie Watkins; and Ex-Wife, Theresa Ann Watkins.

Survivors include Son Bobby Carl Watkins, Smyrna, Ga., Brother Kenneth (Ken) Watkins, Brookhaven, Ga. Significant Other, Roohieh Morgan, Marietta, Ga. Granddaughter, Wilhelmina Watkins, Grandson, James (Jimmy) William Watkins. Several Nieces, Nephews and Cousins.

South Canton Funeral Home, dedicated to the families we serve, 770-479-3377. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.thescfh.com