Jack C. Watson, Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes, La.

Fourteenth Judicial District

File prepared by D.N.P.

Date: FEb 2000



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>From "Biographies of Louisiana Judges" edited by J. Cleveland Fruge'

for the Louisiana District Judges Association, publishers.  1971.

Reproduction permitted without written permission provided credit

line is retained.  Copyright, 1971, J. Cleveland Fruge'.



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Judge Jack Crozier Watson was elected to the 14th Judicial District

Court, Division "D", at a special election and took the oath of office

September 15, 1964.  He was re-elected without opposition in 1966.

His term ends on December 31, 1972.  He had previously served as city

prosecutor for the City of Lake Charles in 1960, and from 1961 to 1964

was Assistant District Attorney for this district.



Judge Watson was born in Jonesville, Louisiana, on September 17, 1928,

the son of J.C. Watson, now deceased, and Gladys Talbot Watson, who re-

sides in Lake Charles.  He graduated from Bolton High School,

Alexandria,

in 1945, and received the B.A. degree from the University of

Southwestern

Louisiana in 1949, and the LL.B. degree from Louisiana State University

Law School in 1956.  From 1956 to 1964 he practiced in Lake Charles.



On December 26, 1958, Judge Watson married Sue Carter Watson and they

have two sons, Carter Watson and Wells Watson.



Membership and offices held in school and fraternal organizations by

Judge

Watson include: Member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity; Phi

Delta

Phi legal fraternity; Pi Kappa Delta, speech fraternity; Blue Key

National

Honor Society; listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and

Universities;

served as Vice-President of Southwestern student body; winner of Robert

Lee Tullis Moot Court competition at LSU Law School.



In 1950 Judge Watson enlisted in the United States Air Force and was

dis-

charged in 1954 as a First Lieutenant, having served in the

Phillippines,

Japan and Korea as Psychological Warfare Officer.  He is active in the

American Legion and is a Past Post-Commander W.B. Williamson Post. No.

1,

American Legion.



Judge Watson served in 1969 as President of the Liasion Council of

Juvenile

Court Judges.  He is a 1965 graduate of the National College of State

Trial

Judges and in 1970 he was appointed a faculty-advisor.