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From: "HELEN LANE CARMICHAEL" <>
Subject: [SCHORRY-L] Davis- Watson
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 06:10:59 -0500


Henry B. Watson
FLORENCE | Henry Bodie Watson, 75, formerly of Marion, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001, at home after an illness.
He was born May 15, 1926, in Conway, a son of the late John Emory and Myrtle Davis Watson.
He was employed by the Postal Service for 39 years and retired as Postmaster of Marion. He was a Navy veteran, serving in World War II aboard the USS Sperry. He also retired from the Army Reserves as a sergeant major, after 26 years of service. He was a graduate of Conway High School and attended Newberry College. He attended the First United Methodist Church in Marion.
He was first married to the late Lura Dean Foxworth Watson and second married to the late Hester Neely Watson.
Survivors include two sons, Carroll L. Watson of Varnville and Harold D. Watson of University Park, Md.; a daughter, Kathryn Graham Weaver of Bluffton; and six grandchildren.
He was predeceased by a son, Charles A. Schidler.
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 tonight at Smith-Collins Funeral Home in Marion.
A graveside service, with full military honors, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Spring Branch Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Berwyn Baptist Church Music Ministry, 4720 Cherokee St., College Park, MD 20740 or to the National Commission Against Drunk Driving, 1900 L. St. N.W., Suite 705, Washington, DC 20036.


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