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Alva Drane Watson Sr.

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Alva Drane Watson Sr.

Birth
McDuffie County, Georgia, USA
Death
12 Mar 1936 (aged 53)
Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
Burial
McDuffie County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Mr. Alva D. Watson Sr., nephew of the late Senator Thomas E. Watson, of Louisville, Ga., entered into rest Thursday afternoon, March 12, 1936, at Dublin, Georgia as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Sunday at Salem Methodist Church, Thomson, Georgia with the Rev. Plaxco and Rev. McKibben, of Louisville officiating, assisted by the pastor of Salem Methodist Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be T.B. Kelley, Dr. J.R. Lewis, N.J. Smith, J.C. Ramsey, Roy Willie, R.L. Farmer, Whit Harvly, J.B. Polhill Jr., M.G. Brantley, all of Louisville, Milton Brown, of Thomson, and S.W. Overstreet and John Futral, both of Wadley. Mr. Watson, a native of McDuffie County, was a prominent attorney and lumberman. Survivors include five sons, Alva D. Watson Jr., superintendent of the Stellaville School, Holden Watson, student at South Georgia Teachers College at Statesboro, Cody Watson, a student at Erskine College, and James and Thomas E. Watson, Louisville; two daughters, Miss Virginia Watson, a teacher at Danville, Ga., and Miss Katherine Watson, Louisville. Stone Funeral Home.
Mr. Alva D. Watson Sr., nephew of the late Senator Thomas E. Watson, of Louisville, Ga., entered into rest Thursday afternoon, March 12, 1936, at Dublin, Georgia as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Sunday at Salem Methodist Church, Thomson, Georgia with the Rev. Plaxco and Rev. McKibben, of Louisville officiating, assisted by the pastor of Salem Methodist Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be T.B. Kelley, Dr. J.R. Lewis, N.J. Smith, J.C. Ramsey, Roy Willie, R.L. Farmer, Whit Harvly, J.B. Polhill Jr., M.G. Brantley, all of Louisville, Milton Brown, of Thomson, and S.W. Overstreet and John Futral, both of Wadley. Mr. Watson, a native of McDuffie County, was a prominent attorney and lumberman. Survivors include five sons, Alva D. Watson Jr., superintendent of the Stellaville School, Holden Watson, student at South Georgia Teachers College at Statesboro, Cody Watson, a student at Erskine College, and James and Thomas E. Watson, Louisville; two daughters, Miss Virginia Watson, a teacher at Danville, Ga., and Miss Katherine Watson, Louisville. Stone Funeral Home.


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