Funeral services for John W. Watson of Sidon will be held from the Williams and Lord Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. J.R. Nanney officiating. Burial will be in the Itta Bena Cemetery. Mr. Watson died this morning at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital following a long illness. He was 86. He was a retired farmer having had farming interests in Leflore County for the past 45 years. Hw was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Watson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jane Watson of Sidon; four sons, Harvey Watson and D. B. Watson, both of Cruger; Clyde Watson of Itta Bena, Hale Watson of Bacliff, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Thora Andrews of Greenwood, Mrs. Clarice Boykin and Mrs. Laura Lee, both of Itta Bena, Mrs. Thelma Andrews of Sidon; 21 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Published in Greenwood Commonwealth on July 28, 1965.
Funeral services for John W. Watson of Sidon will be held from the Williams and Lord Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. J.R. Nanney officiating. Burial will be in the Itta Bena Cemetery. Mr. Watson died this morning at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital following a long illness. He was 86. He was a retired farmer having had farming interests in Leflore County for the past 45 years. Hw was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Watson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jane Watson of Sidon; four sons, Harvey Watson and D. B. Watson, both of Cruger; Clyde Watson of Itta Bena, Hale Watson of Bacliff, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. Thora Andrews of Greenwood, Mrs. Clarice Boykin and Mrs. Laura Lee, both of Itta Bena, Mrs. Thelma Andrews of Sidon; 21 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Published in Greenwood Commonwealth on July 28, 1965.
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