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Submitted: 8/29/21 • Approved: 8/29/21 • Last Updated: 9/1/21 • R452337-G0-S3
April 4, 1856 - June 6, 1948
*Obituary
Another one of Cottle County's pioneers slipped into eternity Sunday afternoon, June 6, in the passing of George Starling Watson, age 92, retired farmer, and a resident here since 1912.
Final rites were held Monday afternoon, June 7, at 4:00 p.m. from the local First Methodist Church, with the Rev. I.E. Briggs, pastor, officiating. The large crowd present for the last rites revealed the esteem his many friends and relatives held for him.
Mr. Watson, a member of the Methodist Church, passed away around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, in the Richards Memorial Hospital, where he was receiving treatment. He had been in ill health the past several months.
George Starling Watson was born at Iuka, Mississippi to John and Louizza Watson on April 4, 1856. He came to Texas in 1877 as a young man, settling in Erath County, where he was engaged in farming near Hannibal. Here he met and married Miss Alice Cornelia Freeman, on July 28, 1881. To this union was born eight children, five of whom survive. In 1912, Mr. Watson moved to Cottle County, settling six miles south of Paducah, where for a number of years he was engaged in farming. Later he moved to Paducah.
Survivors include his wife, Paducah; three sons, Edgar L. Watson, Athens, Texas, Urban O. Watson, Fort Worth, John Foster Watson, Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Ballard Cupp, Dallas, Mrs. Merrill Richards, Paducah; 10 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: George Anglin, Horace Anglin, Ben Marrs, Austin Wood, John Brown and W.V. Bigham.
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