Mr. Watson died Tuesday at Germantown Methodist Hospital.
The son of the late Frank Edward and Julia Bennett Watson, he lived 33 years in Belzoni, MS where he was employed by John Deere Tractor. He retired in 1984 and had lived in Byhalia, MS 13 years. On August 5, 1953, he married Rosie Lee Turner and she survives.
Other family included a daughter, Nancy Wilson of Collierville; two sons, William E. Watson of Collierville and Daniel Watson of Horn Lake, MS; a brother, Earl Watson of Belzoni, MS; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren.