Edith Watson

April 8, 1938 - December 28, 2014

Funeral Services for Edith Watson, age 76 of Rusk, are scheduled for 3:00 p.m.Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Wallace Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Don Copeland and Brother Brad Turlington officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Maydelle, Texas under the direction of Wallace Thompson Funeral Home. Miss Watson passed away December 28, 2014 in a Rusk nursing home. She was born on April 8, 1938 to the late Wayne and Marcella Watson. She was a lifelong Baptist and was a member of Holleyman’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. She worked over 38 years for Rusk State Hospital. She enjoyed quilting, embroidery and crocheting. She is pre-deceased by her parents, brother L.E. Watson, and her nephew Timmy Watson. She is survived by her brothers and sisters-in-law Kenneth and Joyce Watson, Rusk, TX, John and Alice Watson, Rusk, TX. R.K. and Neva Watson, Rusk, TX, sister-in-law Oletha Watson, Tyler, TX, numerous nieces and nephews, and many great friends. Pallbearers will include Scott Watson, Shannon Watson, Tommy Watson, Phillip Watson, Johnny Watson, Stan Watson, Adam Watson, Stan Watson, Justin Watson and Robert Goff. Visitation will be 2-3:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Wallace Thompson Funeral Home.