Mr. Bobby R. Watson, age 86 of Bolivar, passed from this life on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation.
Mr. Watson was born Wednesday, May 27, 1936, to Wright Ezekiel and Julia Elizabeth Pearlie Sasser Watson in Opp, Alabama. He grew up in Baker, Florida and moved to Tennessee as an adult to find work. His first job was in Toone, TN, where he dug wells. On July 1, 1963, he was married to Adeline Gertrude Page, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. He worked for Lane Central and Red Ball Motor Freight in the mid 60’s until he became a fork lift operator for Consolidated Freightways in 1982. Mr. Watson was a hard worker, working nights for the freight company and days, self-employed, in landscaping. He retired in 1996. Mr. Watson was Baptist in belief, but attended St. Mary’s Catholic church with his beloved wife until her passing in 2016. He was a member of the Memphis Knife Club and a Teamster. He loved working on old tractors and especially loved his family and grandchildren.
Survivors include his two daughters, Sara Skinner and husband Billy of Bolivar; Katie Watson and partner Christopher Torrence of Bolivar; a brother Ruben Watson of Collinswood, VA; four grandchildren, Justin Skinner and wife Jenny, Paige Nine and husband Stephen, Bobby Skinner and wife Jewel and Lindsey Watson; and by 2 great-grandchildren, Nicholas Nine and Newcomb Skinner. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by five sisters and six brothers.
The family requests memorials may be sent to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 223 Mecklinburg Dr., Bolivar, TN, 38008.
