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|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|spouse=Allein Harkey Watson<br>
|spouse=Allein Harkey Watson (married 1958-2018, his death)<br>
Children:<br>
Children:<br>
Benjamin Maddox Watson<br>
Benjamin Maddox Watson<br>
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 the Bank of St. Joseph and Trust Company, since theCross 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 the Bank of St. Joseph and Trust Company, since theCross 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.
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 (1936-2019);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=allein-watson&pid=193929666|title=Allein Harkey Watson|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=September 18, 2019}}</ref> 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 (born 1964) and wife, Mary Lynn, of Tallulah in Madison Parish to the north of Tensas Parish. He had seven grandchildren.
His surviving brother, William Wade Watson (1934-2019), was also a graduate of Davidson High School and Tulane Law School. William Watson was the long-term president and then chairman of the board from 1969 to 2004 of Cross Keys Bank. In 1987, William Watson was elected president of the Louisiana Bankers Association for a one-year term.<ref name=wmwatson>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=william-watson&pid=193681411|title=William Watson obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>
His surviving brother, William Wade Watson (1934-2019), was also a graduate of Davidson High School and Tulane Law School. William Watson was the long-term president and then chairman of the board from 1969 to 2004 of Cross Keys Bank. In 1987, William Watson was elected president of the Louisiana Bankers Association for a one-year term.<ref name=wmwatson>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=william-watson&pid=193681411|title=William Watson obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>