Dorothy "Dot" Ellington Watkins

Dorothy "Dot" Ellington Watkins, 88, of Harkers Island, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021, at Carteret Health Care.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 21, 2021, at the Munden Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Adams officiating. Friends are welcome to attend the service. In keeping with the CDC guidelines pertaining to the Coronavirus, those who are ill or at-risk (elderly, immune-compromised) are encouraged to stay home. Additionally, there will be a limit to the number of people in the building at one time, as well, those who attend will be asked to bring and wear a protective mask. Help us honor the family while practicing safe measures. Friends are also encouraged to leave words of comfort to the family through the website.

(See link below for the Service Bulletin including the Order of Service.)

Dorothy, or "Dot" as she was most fondly known, was born on April 23, 1932, in Oxford, North Carolina, to the late Battle and Nancy Ellington. She married the love of her life, Cecil B. Watkins, and they spent 71 happy years together prior to his passing last month. Dot was a faithful, pillar member of the Huggins Memorial Baptist Church on Harkers Island. She loved to cook for her friends and family and share in the fellowship of gathering together. She will be fondly remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

She is survived by her daughters, Jo Ann Mangum of Harkers Island, and Cecilia "CJ" Watkins of Morehead City; brother, Roy Lee Ellington of Creedmoor; grandchildren, Tiffany Cayton and husband Chad, and Colton Tyndall; and great grandchild, William Shephard Cayton.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Cecil B. Watkins who passed away last month; brother, Battle "Doodle" Ellington Jr.; and son-in-law, Mitchell Mangum.

As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions, in memory of Dorothy, may be made to Huggins Memorial Baptist Church, 1104 Island Rd., Harkers Island, NC 28531 or the Harkers Island Fire and Rescue, 1219 Island Rd., Harkers Island, NC 28531.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home & Crematory in Morehead City, NC.