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Edna Josephine WATSON

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

June 25, 1884-December 13, 1945

In Loving Memory

*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
Mrs. Edd Watson, prominent resident of Wheeler, died in the St. Mary's Hospital in Shamrock on Thursday of last week.

Funeral services were conducted from the First Baptist Church of Wheeler Sunday afternoon with Rev. P.D. Fullingim, pastor, in charge. Burial was in the local cemetery with the Hunt Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Watson, the former Miss Jodie Foster, was born on June 25, 1884. In 1903, she was married to Edd Watson, in Young County, and the couple moved to Wheeler in 1911, and had operated the Wheeler Hotel for the past several years.

The beloved Wheeler woman made a profession of faith in girlhood and had recently united with the First Baptist Church of Wheeler.

Surviving are the widower and one son, Alfred Watson, his wife and daughter; three sisters and one brother.

Out-of-town residents here to pay last tribute were: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mitchell of Shamrock, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Rowe of Pampa, Mrs. Mattie Collingsworth of Amarillo, Mrs. Mollie True of Amarillo, Mr. and Mrs. Jr. Jameson of Plainview, J.B. Forrester, Mrs. Ida Black and Oliver Black, all of Olney, Mr. and Mrs. Smithee of Amarillo.

Mrs. Watson has left a host of friends in Wheeler and surrounding area to mourn her untimely passing.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XIII-Number 1, Thursday, December 20, 1945, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Edna Josephine Watson
[Edna Josephine Forster]
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1884
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: Edd Forster
Mother: Waudell
Age at Death: 61
Death Date: 13 Dec 1945
Death Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA

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Submitted: 1/7/22 • Approved: 1/7/22 • Last Updated: 1/10/22 • R479966-G479966-S3

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