Oliver Watson

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Watson, Oliver Lee

Born: Sep 22, 1917 in Ardmore, Okla

Died: Sep 11, 1983 in Austin, Texas

Father: Oscar Watson

Mother: Minnie Virvean Bearden

Burial Loc: blk. 28/ lot 13 E 1/2.

Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye Odom

Obituary

  CROSBYTON (Special) - Graveside rites for Oliver Lee Watson, 65, of Kingsland will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Crosbyton Cemetery with the Rev. Randy Butler, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating.

Burial will be under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.

Watson, a native of Ardmore, Okla., died at 10:45 a.m. Sunday in Seton Hospital in Austin after a lengthy illness.

He was a graduate of Crosbyton High School and attended Texas Tech. The World War II veteran was a member of the Disabled Veterans of America. He married Frances Crump in Crosbyton and they had lived in Kingsland for 12 years, moving there from Crosbyton.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Gary of Diamond Springs, Calif.; his mother, Vervean Watson of Plainview; a brother, Edwell of Krum; and a sister, Lucille Weldon of Hale Center.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, September 13, 1983

Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum

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