{"id":1874,"date":"2025-01-08T14:24:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:25:33","slug":"sandra-l-brockett-81-of-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/1874-sandra-l-brockett-81-of-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra L. Brockett (81) of Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Sandra L. Brockett, 81, of Watson, IL, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2025 at her home, surrounded by her loving family.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 13, 2025 at Johnson Funeral Home in Effingham. Burial will be in Watson Cemetery in Watson. Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers and gifts, memorials may be made to Crossroads Cancer Center or St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. Online condolences may be shared <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnsonandsonsfh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra was born on April 12, 1943, in Effingham, IL, the daughter of Thomas and Betty (Higgenbotham) Weddle. She married Godfrey Duane Brockett on December 18, 1959 in Effingham. He preceded her in death on October 31, 2015, but they are once again reunited. Sandy\u2019s greatest love was being married to her \u201cfavorite sailor\u201d and raising their 7 amazing children. They are all going to miss her terribly, she was the glue that held their family together. Having 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren kept her quite busy also \u2013 she loved them all with every bit of her heart and just the mention of their names brought a smile to her face.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra is survived by her 7 children, Richard (Connie) Brockett of Effingham, Kenneth (Diane, deceased) Brockett of Jacksonville, FL, Dana (Donald) Stratman of Strasburg, Thomas (Melinda) Brockett of Effingham, James C. (Alisha) Brockett of Altamont, Michelle Brockett of Watson, and Michael (Jackie) Brockett of Greenup; 16 grandchildren, Clifton (Laura) Hatcher, Travis Brockett, Chad (Cara) Brockett, Dawn (Todd) Carter, Daniel Brockett, Matthew Brockett, Courtney Brockett, Seth Brockett, Madison Brockett, Ava Brockett, James Brockett, Tara Torres, Jerry Brockett, Josie Brockett, and Mason Brockett; 6 great-grandchildren, Jayda, Hunter, Georgia, Haylee, Wyatt, and Cooper; 2 sisters, Barb (David) Wence and Lynn Weddle; and her 2 four-legged buddies, Mia and Sailor.<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Godfrey; daughter-in-law, Diane Brockett; granddaughter, Amber Brockett; and sister, MaryAnn Vail.<\/p>\n<p>The family would like to speak for Sandy with a very special thanks for all the love and help from the following cherished people in her life: Larry Foreman, Linda Wright, Pam Bergfeld, Jessica Beck and Sherri Depoister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandra died on Monday, January 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sandra L. 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