Ann Maree (Hensley) Watkins, formerly of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2024, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born December 14, 1931, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Ann graduated in 1949 from Cape Girardeau (Missouri) High School and attended the University of Mississippi. She married James Clifford Watkins on January 6, 1953, and they lived in Paducah, Kentucky. She was a member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church and was active with the Lourdes Hospital Auxiliary, the Suburban Garden Club, and the Town and Country Homemakers.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Clifford Watkins, and her daughter, Catherine Ann Watkins. She is survived by her son, James Christopher Watkins (Leslie), of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

A private memorial service will be held in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Humane Society of your choice or the State Street United Methodist Church General Fund.