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Marion Ernie WATSON

Gentry (Gentry) Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

Marion
April 1, 1896 - June 20, 1993

*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Morning News
Thursday, June 24, 1993

Marion Ernie Watson, 97, of Gentry, died Sunday, June 20, at the Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born April 1, 1896, at Crockett County, Texas, to Peter William and Sarah Ann Weeks Watson. He was a carpenter and farmer and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Gentry.

His first wife, Ruth Magdelene Nystel Watson, died in 1965. His second wife, Ida M. Hatfield Medcalf, died in 1992. He was also preceded in death by four sons, Robert W., Haskell 0., Wendell E. and Guy B. Watson; four brothers and two sisters.

Survivors are two sons, Ray and Don Watson, both of Pendleton, Ore.; four stepchildren, Lafay Medcalf of Rogers, Chris Medcalf of Jay, Okla., Ernestine Perry of Tulsa, Okla., Vivian Pender of Springfield, Mo.; 20 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grand-children.

Graveside service is set for 3 p.m. Sunday at the Gentry Cemetery with the Rev. Glen Hill officiating under direction of Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home, Siloam Springs.

Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Ozark Academy Worthy Student Fund.

Ruth
1897 - 1965

Contributed on 11/8/13 by judyfrog
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Submitted: 11/8/13 • Approved: 11/11/13 • Last Updated: 11/19/13 • R946121-G946121-S3

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