Hazel Watson, age 80, died January 21, 1990 in Crosbyton Care Center. Sam M. Duree, pastor of St. Phillip's United Methodist Church, Houston, assisted. She was the last surviving child of eight progeny descended from Augustus Wheat Watson and Talitha Haddon Watson of Spur.
She is remembered by surviving nieces and nephews as a woman of great independence and much genuine affection. Hazel served in the Womens Army Corps in World War II, but gave up a promising career to return to Spur in order to care for her mother and run the family farm. She was an active "hands on" dry land farmer. She ran the tractor, milked the cows, raised the chickens, gathered the eggs, planted and cared for a vegetable garden and performed innumerable household tasks with humility and efficiency.
After her mother's death she cared for others in Iraan, TX for several years and returned to Spur in 1980. She suffered a stroke in 1983 and subsequently confined to Crosbyton Care Center in progressively failing health until the time of her demise.
Written by Dr. David Watson Nephew.
The Watsons lived by Duck Creek just east of Spur. Although Hazel was a "country girl" at heart she was a leader in civic affairs. She was an active member of the Methodist Church, worked with the Girl Scouts and was a troop leader. She was chairman of Dickens County Democratic Party for a number of years.
©The Texas Spur, January 24, 1990
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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