Date of birth: 24 Aug 1902
Date of death: 14 Feb 1992

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Burial Information

Section 05 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0204-03
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US ARMY
War/Campaign: World War II

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Notes

Obituary

John Stewart Watson, Jr.

John Stewart Watson, Jr., 89, a retired farmer of Lexington, died of heart failure Friday, February 14 at Methodist Hospital of Middle Mississippi in Lexington.

Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, February 16 at Southern Funeral Home in Lexington. Officiating ministers were The Rev. Dale VanNess and the Rev. Howard Allen. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

A Lexington native, Mr. Watson was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Lexington. He was a World War II U. S. Army veteran. He was a member of the Mississippi State University Alumni Association for 40 years. He was the son of former Senator John Stewart Watson, Sr. and Mrs. Clara Beall Watson. He graduated from Gulf Coast Military Academy and attended the University of Virginia, also A and M College. He was an honorary member of the Sand Hill Hunting Club, a retired farmer and cattleman.

Survivors include: a sister, Clara Beall Watson of Lexington; three nieces, Alice Watson Crull of Metairie, Louisiana, Mary F. Watson Raley of Longbeach, Clara Watson Joorfetz of Jackson and four nephews, John Stewart Watson, Julian Watson, Malcolm D. Watson, all of Jackson, and William V. Watson of Collierville, Tennessee.

John Stewart was never married and had no children.

Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
February 20, 1992, vol. 34, no. 8, pg. 7

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Family Members

Parents
John Stewart Watson, Sr.
1873–1952

Clara Dyer Beall Watson
1873–1965

Siblings
James Raiford Watson
1904–1964

Daniel Beall Watson
1906–1973

Malcolm Dent Watson
1908–1988

Julian Beall Watson, Sr.
1911–1975

Clara Beall Watson
1915–2003

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