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He was a member of the Tensas Parish Library Board and worked to establish the Plantation Museum on the second story above the library building on Plank Road. For forty-six years, he was a board member and counsel of Cross Keys Bank. For thirty-seven years, he was a trustee of Vicksburg Hospital in Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]]. A scholarship in his named is offered in the nursing department of Hinds University. He was a director of the Panola Company and for forty-six years a board member of the Newellton Gin, Inc. He was a Paul P. Harris Fellow in Rotary International. During his career in St. Joseph, he was president of the board of directors of the private Tensas Academy, established in 1970 with the advent of [[desegregation]] of public schools. He was a member, secretary, and senior warden of the Christ Episcopal Church in St. Joseph.<ref name=obit/>

He was a member of the Tensas Parish Library Board and worked to establish the Plantation Museum on the second story above the library building on Plank Road. For forty-six years, he was a board member and counsel of Cross Keys Bank. For thirty-seven years, he was a trustee of Vicksburg Hospital in Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]]. A scholarship in his named is offered in the nursing department of Hinds University. He was a director of the Panola Company and for forty-six years a board member of the Newellton Gin, Inc. He was a Paul P. Harris Fellow in Rotary International. During his career in St. Joseph, he was president of the board of directors of the private Tensas Academy, established in 1970 with the advent of [[desegregation]] of public schools. He was a member, secretary, and senior warden of the Christ Episcopal Church in St. Joseph.<ref name=obit/>

Watson died early in 2018 at the age of eighty-six. He was preceded in death by his parents, Philip Watson, Sr., and the former Roslyn Newell, and his aunt, Lucille Watson. Survivors include his wife, the former Allein Harkey; three children, Benjamin Maddox Watson and wife Linda of St. Joseph, William Brooks Watson, Sr., and wife Karen of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana, and Scott Harkey Watson and wife, Mary Lynn, of Tallulah in Madison to the north of Tensas Parish. He had seven grandchildren. His surviving brother is St. Joseph banker William Wade Watson.<ref name=obit/>

Watson died early in 2018 at the age of eighty-six. He was preceded in death by his parents, Philip Watson, Sr., and the former Roslyn Newell, and his aunt, Lucille Watson. Survivors include his wife, the former Allein Harkey; three children, Benjamin Maddox Watson and wife Linda of St. Joseph, William Brooks Watson, Sr., and wife Karen of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana, and Scott Harkey Watson and wife, Mary Lynn, of Tallulah in Madison to the north of Tensas Parish. He had seven grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at Christ Episcopal Church on March 3, with Father Gregg Riley officiating.<ref name=obit/>

 

Memorial services for the Watson brothers were held at Christ Episcopal Church on March 3, 2018, and August 21, 2019, respectively, with Father Gregg Riley officiating at both services.<ref name=obit/><ref name=wmwatson/>

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