TUPELO- Yvette Denise Hall Watkins, 62, died Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born January 19, 1964, in St. Louis, MO., to Aaron Hall and Vonia Yerger. 

She lived in California for the first few years of her life and was raised in Nettleton, MS. She was a life long member at Palestine United Methodist Church, where she gave her life to Christ at an early age. She had a passion for the children and youth department and worked with them for several years, she was also a part of the Palestine UMC choir. She received her education at Nettleton Public School District, where she graduated with the class of 1981. She was employed at Walmart before an early retirement due to illness in 2015. She was a sports enthusiast with her favorite teams being the Golden State Warriors and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

She is survived by one son, Reno Hall of Tupelo; two daughters OBryan and Samantha Watkins, both of Tupelo; three brothers, Robert Fields and his wife, Berdie, of Tupelo; Darin Hall and his wife, Nicole, of Clarksville, TN; Rodney Yerger of Las Vegas, NV; one sister Nichole Hall of Cincinnati, OH; four grandsons, Tylen Doss of Tupelo, James Thompson of Wren, MS, Cameron Hall of Saltillo, MS, and Easton Hall of Tupelo, three granddaugthers, Riyen Doss of Tupelo, Makayla Hall of Saltillo, MS, and Samiya Cockrell of Praire, MS; several uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents Aaron Hall and Vonia Yerger; her sister Carla Hall; her grandson Allen Ross.