Freestone County, Texas	 	
Obituaries



Estelle T. Watson
(February 28, 1914 - March 19, 2007)


Estelle T. (Tubb) Watson
Funeral services for Mrs. Estelle T. Watson were held on Wednesday, March 21, 
2007, in the chapel at Ricks-Bowers Funeral Home in Jewett. Rev. Barron Harris 
officiated. Interment followed the services at New Salem Cemetery in Leon 
County. Mrs. Watson passed away on Monday, March 19, 2007 in Pearland at the 
Windsong Village Convalescent Center. She was born on February 28, 1914 in 
Teague to Benjamin “Dutch” Tubb and Gussie Bell Tubb. She attended school in 
Jewett and later married Ike Watson on March 18, 1944 in Teague. Mrs. Watson 
was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jewett for many years. She loved to 
read her Bible and listen to gospel music; enjoyed sewing, bird watching 
(especially hummingbirds) and loved to spend time with her family. She is 
survived by three sons, Joe Douglas Watson, John Thomas Watson & wife Nyla, 
and Carson Elliott Watson & wife Kristi; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Johanna 
Watson Synder & husband Mike, Paula Ann Watson Haydon & husband Jeffrey, Tammy 
Watson Huthmacher & husband Reed, Joe Douglas Watson, Jr., and Kimberley 
Schoeneman & husband Vance; eleven great-grandchildren, Hannah Elizabeth Synder,
Paul Eric Watson & wife Stacey, Faith Schoeneman, Hope Schoeneman, Troy Terry,
Marcus Terry, Jacob Paul, Summer Haydon, Addie Estelle Haydon, Christian 
Saucedo, and Faith Huthmacher; and a host of nieces and nephews. She was 
preceded in death by her husband, Ike Watson; parents, Benjamin “Dutch” and
Gussie Bell Tubb; granddaughter, Carla Ruth Watson; two sisters, Mary Sherman
and Fannie Tubb; three brothers, James Theodore Tubb, Albert Troy Tubb, and
Archie Tubb; an adopted brother, Buster Evans Tubb; and three infant brothers,
Wilmer Seperior Tubb, Robert Richard Tubb, and Barny Hail Tubb.