Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Watson, Elsie E July 7, 2007
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Elizabethton Star  July 10, 2007
Elsie E. Watson 





    Elsie Elaine Freeman Watson, 83, of the Pinecrest area, died Saturday, 

July 7, 2007, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton. She was a loving wife, 

mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend and Sunday School 

teacher for 59-1/2 years. 





    Elsie was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Hanford 

Roscoe and Myrtle Lee Wiseman Freeman. She was a retired employee of Wrights 

Supermarkets and was a lifelong member of the Tacoma Church of God. 





    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, 

Kimberley Dawn Quillin, and a brother, Herbert Ray Freeman. 





    Survivors include her husband, Harry B. Watson of Johnson City; three 

daughters Karen Elaine Lane of Kingsport, Shelby E. Lyons of Johnson City and 

Ellen Fay Smith of Elizabethton; three sons-in-law, Claude Lane of Kingsport, 

Shelby E. Lyons of Johnson City and Charles E. Smith of Elizabethton; three 

granddaughters, Karen Ervin of Limestone, Kristen Babb of Johnson City and 

Heather Hughes of Johnson City; two great-granddaughters, Brittney and Lindsey 

Babb of Johnson City; three great-grandsons, Jonathan and William Ervin of 

Limestone and Tristan Quillin of Kingsport; a sister, Helen Hutsell of Johnson 

City; a brother, Harry Freeman of Gray; and a host of family, friends and 

caretakers. 





    A funeral service for Mrs. Watson is scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, at 8 

p.m. at the Tacoma Church of God under the direction of Rev. Bill 

Konstantopulos and Dr. Darrell Sovine. The family will receive friends from 6 

to 7 p.m. at the church. A committal service will be conducted on Wednesday, 

July 11, at Happy Valley Memorial Park at 11 a.m. Family and friends are asked 

to assemble at the funeral home to leave in procession at 10:30 a.m. Active 

pallbearers will be Charles "Bulldog" Smith, Mark Babb, Shelby Lyons, Thomas 

Ervin, Otis Scalf, Sid Williams, Lee Freeman and David Slayton. Honorary 

pallbearers will be members of the East Tennessee Chapter of Ex-POWs, Claude 

Lane, Asher Lewis, Randy Freeman, Jack West, Mike Freeman, Dr. Phil Jones, 

Rev. D.C. Byrd and Rev. Mack Houston. Memorials may be made in the form of 

contributions to the American Ex-POWs, East Tennessee Chapter, Tacoma Church 

of God, 1105 John Exum Parkway, Johnson City, TN 37604; Child Evangelism 

Fellowship of Johnson City, 908 Chase Drive, Johnson City, TN 37604; or Life 

Care Center of Elizabethton, Activities Program, 1641 Highway 19E, P.O. Box 

1510, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Special thanks to the doctors and staff of the 

Northside Hospital and Life Care Center of Elizabethton. Online condolences to 

the Watson family are available at www.morrisbaker.com. 





    Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 E. Oakland Avenue, 

Johnson City, (423) 282-1521, is in charge of arrangements. 





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