A memorial service celebrating his life will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Mallett Funeral Home Chapel.

Truman Ray Watkins was born January 8, 1934 in Hulbert, OK to Clyde and Nora Watkins. He graduated from Broken Arrow High School in 1951. He and his first wife, Shirley, welcomed their son, Audie, in 1954.

Truman joined the U.S. Air Force in 1957. While stationed in England Truman met his wife, Josephine at Trafalgar Square, and they married on April 9, 1960.

The couple returned to Oklahoma, where they welcomed their son, Gary. In 1962 the young family returned to England, where they made their home for sixteen years, during which time their daughter Renee was born.

The family relocated back to Oklahoma one more time in 1978. Truman was an electrician and worked for NMP for over twenty years. He loved going on field trips to work on Navy ships.

Truman enjoyed metal detecting, carpentry, coin collecting, traveling and watching movies from his 700+ DVD collection. His favorites were action movies. He and his longtime friend, Gene Peters enjoyed going to the casinos. The family is comforted in knowing Gene called Truman and visited with him just a week before his passing. He liked to spend time with his sisters also, either going to lunch or watching them bowl. Truman's family will always remember him as a loving dad. He was just sweet to anyone he met, and he will be missed by all who knew him.

Truman departed this life March 25, 2022 in Broken Arrow, OK at the age of 88 years. He was preceded by his loving wife, Josephine Watkins, in 2013; his parents, Clyde and Nora Watkins; brother-in-law, Odis Lowery; sister, Sandy Neal; nephew, Jeffrey Lowery and niece, Stephanie Ingram.

He is survived by two sons, Audie Watkins and wife, Tina and Gary Watkins and wife, Esther; a daughter, Renee Koehn and husband, Bryan; grandchildren, Tyler Watkins and wife, Alissa, Brittany Watkins, Chelsea Koehn and Bailey Phillips and husband, Devin; great-grandchildren, Jon and Annabelle Watkins and Izzy and Emery Phillips; sisters, Carole Lowery and Patty Boucher and husband, John; nephews, Kurtis Boucher and Steven Swift and wife, Christie; nieces, Cheryl Hawthorne and husband, Roger, Melissa Ivy, Teresa Jones and Sabrina Swift; several great nieces and nephews; other extended family and friends.