GIBSON COUNTY TN - OBITUARIES - George Carthal Watson Nov. 11, 2002 ********************************************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jackie Isbell Johnston *************************************************************************************** George Carthal Watson was born 13 February 1919 in Gibson County, TN. He was the son of George Washington Watson and Annie Wren. This obituary appeared in the Nashville Tennessean George C. WATSON Hermitage, TN Age 83 November 11, 2002 Chief Warrant Officer, U. S. Navy. November 11, 2002. Served 30 years in the U. S. Navy Medical Service Corps. After Pearl Harbor he served with the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal and during other Pacific Island campaigns. After the war be served in both Japan and China. During the Korean War CWO Watson served aboard the USS Ashtabula (AO 51) of the coast of Korea in support of Navy Carrier Battle Groups. Later duties included Naval Air Stations Guam and Pensacola, FL. After retirement from the Navy he served for 24 years in the Tennessee State Hospital and Nursing Home Certificate Division. Survived by: daughter, Nancy Gastrell; son, Jerry Watson; granddaughters, Samantha and Natalie Watson; grandson, Andrew Gastrell; brother, Lyndell Watson; friend, Mary Isbell. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Thursday at Hermitage Funeral Home. Rev. Jim Moran officiating. Interment Hermitage Memorial Gardens. Friends will serve as Pallbearers. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday 6 - 8 at HERMITAGE FUNERAL HOME, 535 Shute Lane, Hermitage, TN