Marcelite Watson

Funeral services for Marcelite Watson, 95, of Oakland were held Aug. 30 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home chapel with Brother Charles Johnston and Brother Kevin Gentry officiating. Interment will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. Mrs. Watson died Aug. 28, 2007 in a Rusk nursing home.

She was born Aug. 10, 1912 in Rusk to the late R.E. and Maude Sherman Bothwell. She was the fifth of 10 children. The Bothwell family moved to Maydelle when she was 2 years old. She graduated from Maydelle High School in 1927. Marcelite married Dewey Jake Watson in 1931. Together they had six children, five sons and one daughter, including sons, W.E. "Billy" Watson, the late D.J. "Bud" Watson, J.A. "Jimmy" Watson, Eldon Earl "P.C." Watson, deceased baby son Larry Jack Watson, and daughter, Marimaude Meador. Mrs. Watson worked three years for Chapman Pharmacy and 10 years for Rusk State Hospital before retirement. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Maydelle.

She is survived by three sons and daughter-in-law, W.E. "Billy" and Darline Watson of Rusk, "Jimmy" Watson of Maydelle, Eldon Earl "P.C." Watson of Oakland; daughter and son-in-law, Marimaude Meador and Forest Glen of Longview; sisters, Bessie Burke of College Station, Marguerite Johnston of Jacksonville, Pauline Perry of Rusk; grandchildren, Tony K. Watson of Loveland, Colo.. Christy Lana Buchinger of Whitehouse, Rhonda Meador of Longview, Regina Loftis of Longview, Michael "Mike" Meador of Longview, James Kevin Watson of Jacksonville; great-grandchildren, Leigh Ann Watson of Huntington, April Nicole Torres of Huntington, Jonathan Carter Bersano of Whitehouse, Cody Jake Loftis of Longview; numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Tony Watson, Mike Meador, Kevin Watson, Jake Loftis, Dickey Bowman and David Watson.