Freestone County, Texas Obituaries The Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Thursday, August 6, 1981 - Page 8A Obituaries Mrs. Daughtery Elizabeth Beauchamp Watson Daughtery died on August 3, 1981. She was buried in Stewards Mill Cemetery August 4. She had been at a home in Fairview Manor, Fairfield for several years. Like Lincoln, Elizabeth was born in a log cabin. The cabin was situated five miles north of Fairfield on the old Corsicana road. It was the center of a six room house. Now it is the Watson-Potter cabin at the Freestone County Museum. Her parents were Edward Monroe Watson, Sr. and Grace Johnston Beauchamp. She was born on Saturday, September 11, 1909. She received her education in the Stewards Mill School, Teague High School, Lon Morris College at Jacksonville, Texas, College of Industrial Arts at Denton, Texas, and the University of Texas at Austin. She graduated with honors, from the University of Texas in 1933, receiving a B.B.A. Degree. She earned the money for her education by working for Freestone County Judge, P.O. French, 1927-1928, the "Fairfield Recorder" 1928-1929, and for L.J. Davis, Sr. County Auditor. She taught school at Mr. Zion from 1929 through 1932, teaching in the winter months and going to school in the summer. After receiving her degree she worked for Butler Brothers, a Dallas wholesale dry goods company, as assistant to the personnel manager for ten years. On April 17, 1943 she enlisted in the U.S. Navy, joining the WAVES. She received her training at the Naval Midshipman School, Northampton, Mass. and was commissioned at Ensign on August 24, 1943. After her graduation she was assigned to the U.S. Naval Barracks, Coronado, San Diego, Calif. as executive officer. She was later promoted to Lieutenant, going on inactive duty August 15, 1946. Later she was transferred to the Retired Reserve. Her honors were American Area Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal. In 1947 she was manager of an employment office in St. Louis, Missouri. The next year she returned to Freestone County and opened a gift shop in Fairfield. "Gifts of Distinction" was a successful business which she sold in 1952. She served as acting Post Master of the Fairfield Post Office 1960-1961, and as Tax Assessor and Collector for the Fairfield Independent School District 1962-1965. She is listed in "Who's Who of American Women". On March 30, 1950 she married Lewis Guynes (Jack) Daughtery. He died August 4, 1977 and is buried in the Stewards Mill Cemetery. Elizabeth has always been active in church and civic affairs. She has given a lot of herself to the Methodist Church as a board member, Sunday School teacher, youth leader, and other fields. She was a member of Fairfield Chapter No. 331, Order of the Eastern Star. Elizabeth was proud to be an American; she cherished her Texas heritage. She was a Charter Member of the Jose Antonio Navarro Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. A faithful worker for the Republican Party, she was interested in all political affairs on the national, state and local levels. She served the county several times as a Republican Party Convention Delegate. For a number of years she served on the Fairfield Hospital Board of Directors. She was a devoted volunteer to the Fairfield Library, doing anything and everything she could to help build a better library for Fairfield and Freestone County. Members of her immediate family, other than her parents, deceased, are: one brother, Edward Monroe Watson, Jr., deceased, two sisters, Dorothy Grave Watson Bragg of Stewards Mill and Angie May Watson Bonner of Fairfield and one step-daughter, Patsy Ruth Pullins of Weatherford, Texas.