Watson, Irene

KILGORE - Services for Irene Watson, 95, of Kilgore, will be 10 a.m., 
Monday, April 9, 2007, at Hickory Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. 
Kenneth Mills, Brother Kelly Brian and the Rev. Freeman Pierce 
officiating. Burial will follow in the Crim's Chapel Cemetery. 
Arrangements are by Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. Mrs. Watson died 
Friday, April 6, 2007, in Longview.

She was born March 6, 1912, in the Crim's Chapel community of Rusk 
County, Texas, to Ronda and Eunice Barton Waller. Irene married Lark 
Watson September 4, 1926. They were farmers in the Monroe community 
and later purchased the Cross Roads Store. She was a homemaker who 
enjoyed sewing, quilting, fishing, farming and family.

Mrs. Watson is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Erskine 
and Laverne Watson of Kilgore, Everett and Shirley Watson of Tyler, 
Major General Retired Gerald G. and Carol Watson of Jacksonville, 
Alabama; a daughter and son-in-law, Patsy and Alton Walker of Kilgore; 
a brother, Arnold Waller of Enola, Arkansas; a sister, Evelyn Banda 
of Kilgore; 10 grandchildren, Alton Watson of Conroe, David Watson of 
Kilgore, Kenneth Wayne Alston of White Oak, Colonel Bryan Watson of 
Wiesbaden, Germany, Stephen Watson of Kilgore, Mark Watson of 
Nashville, Tennessee, Darryl Watson of Atlanta, Georgia, Tina Green 
of Pine Tree, Buddy Walker of Kilgore, Dr. Jeff Watson, of Nashville, 
Tennessee; 22 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and 
several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her son, Alton Watson; and her husband, 
H.L. Watson.

The family will receive friends 3:30-5 p.m. today at Rader Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hickory Grove Baptist Church, 
4239 County Road 284 East, Kilgore, Texas 75662.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/8/2007.