Mrs. Atha Padgett Heard, age 88 of Conyers, died Friday, April 15, 2011. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dave Jackson Watkins and Cortez Coe Watkins; brother, Jack Watkins; husband, William Taylor Padgett; daughter, Carol Elaine Pritchett-Davis. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Benny Bennett, Flowery Branch; sister and brother-in-law, Edna Watkins Moore and Rodney Moore, Toccoa; brothers and sisters-in-law, Rex and Dot Watkins, Toccoa, Blair and Alma Watkins, Aiken, SC; sister-in-law, Juddie Watkins, Lavonia; grandchildren, Michael and (Mary) Hendrix, Chris