Connie Watson

Connie Mack Watson, age 73 of North Tazewell, VA went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 29, 2012 while a patient at Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, VA. He was born February 20, 1938 at Worth, WV and was the son of Mrs. Mary Liddle Watson of North Tazewell, VA and the late Rev. W. W. Watson. Connie was a 1957 Graduate of Tazewell High School and a Graduate of the Nashville Diesel School in Nashville, TN. He had worked for over thirty years as the service manager for the former McCann Ford in Tazewell, VA. He was a member of the Tazewell JC’s and Lions Club. Mr. Watson loved Nascar and Duke Basketball. He was a United States Army Veteran and was stationed at Fort Gordon, GA during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Connie was of the Christian faith and was very much liked by every life he touched and will be greatly missed by his friends and family. In addition to his mother, those left to cherish his memory include his sister, Betty W. Conn and husband, Dwight of North Tazewell, VA; special caregivers, Elsie Hagy, Bertha Hagy, and Rose McDaniels; special family friend, Gail Vencil; many friends and other family members also survive. Funeral services for Connie Mack Watson will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at the Hurst – Scott Funeral Home Chapel in Tazewell, VA with the Rev. Henry Johnson officiating. Entombment will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens Mausoleum in Bluefield, VA. Pallbearers will be Jack Pyott, Richard Lindsey, Jack Long, J.C. McCann, Randy Carter, Warren Williams, Jerry Broyles and Marshall Repass. Honorary pallbearers will be Eli Jones, Tommy Alley, Gary McCann and Don Rice. Military Graveside Rites will be conducted by members of the Barns – Beavers VFW Post #7136 in Tazewell, VA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2012. In lieu of flowers the family request memorial contributions be made to the Heritage Hall Patient Aide Fund: 121 Ben Bolt Ave. Tazewell, VA 24651; The THS Class of 1957 Scholarship Fund c/o Margaret Benson: 105 Cochran Lane, North Tazewell, VA 24651 or to a favorite children’s charity.

Connie Watson

February 20, 1938 - January 29, 2012