Reba Watkins

Reba Hill Smith Watkins, 98, of Norwood, passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at Trinity Place in Albemarle.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at First United Methodist Church of Norwood. Rev. Angela Burris will officiate and interment will follow at Norwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. 

Mrs. Watkins  was born on October 7, 1927 in Carteret County, NC to the late George Daniel and Mary Evelyn Pelletier Hill. Reba was a hard worker. She was the Town Clerk for the town of Norwood for over 27 years and a faithful member of Norwood United Methodist Church. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands: Herman Francis Smith and Robert Johnson Watkins; children: Robert Jackson Smith and Nancy Elaine Kretz; grandson: Sam Smith; siblings: LJ Hill, Robert Earl Hill, Alice Garner, Laura Simpson, Juanita Pake, and Kay Arthur; and step-daughter: Margaret Davis 

She is survived by her children: Herman Smith Jr. (Nancy), and James Taylor ‘Jimmy’ Smith (Amy); six grandchildren: Salem Smith Shupp (Chris), Megan Smith Lyon (Corey), Leslie Watts (Michael), Michelle Hicks (AJ), Jacquelyn Barrier (Blake), and Robby Kretz; Eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; son-in law: Bob Kretz; step-children: Sandra Turner (Sam), Bobby Watkins(Renee), and Beverly Britt (Terry);  and numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. 

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