Mrs. Frances Watson

February 12, 1923 - November 14, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Watson, 94, of Newark, Delaware, formerly of Henderson, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 17, 2017 at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home chapel with Rev. David Luckert officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the funeral home. Mrs. Watson passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at a nursing home in Tyler. She was born February 12, 1923 in Minden, Texas to the late Homer Carroll and Susie Carroll Ribb. She resided in Henderson since 1957, moved to Delaware in 2012 to be with her daughter, and recently moved back to Henderson. Mrs. Watson traveled the world extensively with her husband Charles. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother with a feisty spirit and strong will to live, who was always taking care of her family. She was an apartment manager for many years and a member of First United Methodist Church of Henderson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Homer Carroll and Susie Carroll Ribb; husband, Charles Jones Watson; brother, Billy M. Carroll; daughters, Cheryl Kay Watson, and Lynn Keith Watson Jorden. Survivors include: son, Michael Keith Watson of Henderson; daughter, Melissa Chrystelle Watson Walther and husband Glen of Newark, Delaware; grandchildren, Megan Green and husband Brady, Rebecca Harrison and husband Devin, Cindie Jorden Griffith and husband Lee; great-grandchildren, Harper Green, Emily Harrison, Asher Harrison, Eric Griffith, James Duvall; sister, Nelwyn Gray of Henderson; sister-in-law, Carolyn Carroll of Henderson; and cousin, Buddy Dawson. Pallbearers will be Eric Griffith, Lee Griffith, Brady Green, Devin Harrison, Bryan Willis, and Billy Carroll. Condolences may be made at www.crawfordacrim.com.