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Richard Orville “Dee” Watson

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Richard Orville “Dee” Watson

Birth
Vigo County, Indiana, USA
Death
29 Aug 1992 (aged 73)
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Sugar Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Obituary ~ T.H. Tribune September 1, 1992

Richard O. "Dee" Watson, 73, of Terre Haute died at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 29, 1992, in Baptist Medical Center at Little Rock, Ark. He was employed with Milwaukee Railroad. He was born July 20, 1919 in West Terre Haute to Elmer Watson and Lula Walker Watson. His wife, Gwendolyn L. Watson, died earlier. Survivors include one daughter, Jane Richardson of Jacksonville, Ark.; one sister, Eva Conley of Terre Haute; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mattox-Bedino West Terre Haute Chapel, with the Rev. Carson Spivey officiating. Burial is in Bethesda Cemetery.

Genealogy research finds Richard has married at least three times:

Pamela Ruth Gillum - with him on the 1940 census; mother of his two daughters; listed as surviving mother on Marshlyn's obituary, Pamela Yandle of Cabot, Arkansas

Janet Lois Petry - marriage record in Vigo, April 6, 1956

Gwendolyn Lucille Hudson - married August 3, 1968, engraved on stone

Obituary ~ T.H. Tribune September 1, 1992

Richard O. "Dee" Watson, 73, of Terre Haute died at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 29, 1992, in Baptist Medical Center at Little Rock, Ark. He was employed with Milwaukee Railroad. He was born July 20, 1919 in West Terre Haute to Elmer Watson and Lula Walker Watson. His wife, Gwendolyn L. Watson, died earlier. Survivors include one daughter, Jane Richardson of Jacksonville, Ark.; one sister, Eva Conley of Terre Haute; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mattox-Bedino West Terre Haute Chapel, with the Rev. Carson Spivey officiating. Burial is in Bethesda Cemetery.

Genealogy research finds Richard has married at least three times:

Pamela Ruth Gillum - with him on the 1940 census; mother of his two daughters; listed as surviving mother on Marshlyn's obituary, Pamela Yandle of Cabot, Arkansas

Janet Lois Petry - marriage record in Vigo, April 6, 1956

Gwendolyn Lucille Hudson - married August 3, 1968, engraved on stone



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