Terry Watkins '34
Date of birth: March 16, 1911
Date of death: May 9, 1948
Age: 37
Lucky Bag
From the 1934 Lucky Bag:
TERRY LYNN WATKINS
Terrell Wells, Texas
"Terry" "Wat"
POSSIBLY it was the sight of the muddy waters of the Rio Grande and maybe it was just a good old wanderlust that made Terry forsake the sand hills around San Antonio for the salt spray and sea breezes. Nobody really knows. But he came here from somewhere inside one of Uncle Sam's battlewagons and claimed from the very first that he knew what it was all about. This statement he still stands by, and we can add that he does get the news enough to be classed as one of the sixty percent. His quiet nature and good looks have caused havoc in many a maiden's heart. If he hasn't a girl in every port it is because he hasn't been in every one—although his efforts are commendable. Always ready to sit in on a good bull session, he invariably adds something of interest to the general conversation.
A real member of the Spanish Athletic Association, in the fall and winter his dormant ambitions burst into flame with the buds and green leaves and he leisurely strolls with his javelin out to Thompson Field.
Near the middle of Youngster Year, Terry decided that to spend another Christmas Leave in Bancroft Hall wasn't to his liking, and from that time hence the academics have caused him little worry.
For four years we have laughed and griped and worked with him, and at the end we draw the conclusion that they don't have better wives anywhere in the U. S. He will go far in whatever he decides to do.
Track 4, 3, 2, 1. Class Boxing 4. Card Stunts 4, 3, 2. 2 P.O.
Shipmate
From the February 1949 issue of Shipmate:
TERRY LYNN WATKINS, (Cdr. USN- Deceased). We extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Cdr. Watkins who was killed in a plane crash on 9 May 1948 between Pueito Rico and Key West, Fla.
As an Ensign he became naval aviator #5281 on July 16, 1937.
He was married and had four children. He has a memory marker in Texas.
Memorial Hall Error
Terry was "Sr."; this is omitted from his name in Memorial Hall.
Class of 1934
Terry is one of 41 members of the Class of 1934 on Virtual Memorial Hall.
