Clara Estalene “Mema” Watson, age 89 of Belvidere passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. She was born May 10, 1931 in Princeton, Alabama to the late Lem Augusta and Esther Mae Hambrick Grider. She worked for many years as a seamstress with the shirt factory, shoe factory, Shaw carpet mill, and eventually retired from Amana. In her younger years she would help her father pick cotton after work. She used her seamstress skills not only at work but also at home making clothes and embroidering things for her family. She was a member of the Huntland First Baptist church. Estalene was a skilled canner, gardener, and cook, and loved to go to Keith Springs Mountain to go camping with her family and friends. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend that will be greatly missed by all who knew her. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Jack Watson; son, Dwight Watson; siblings, Winston Grider and Tom Grider. She is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline (Richard) Atkinson of Belvidere; grandson, James (Carie) Atkinson; granddaughter, Kristie (Jimmy) Latham; great grandchildren, Clara Latham, William Latham, Jack Latham, Ethan Latham, Daisy Latham, Micah Atkinson, Ezekiel Atkinson; sister, Clemmie Lee of Huntland; a host of nieces and nephews; and four legged best friend, Cricket. Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Friday, March 12, 2021 at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, March 13, 2021 in the chapel of Moore-Cortner Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Robinson and Rev. James Atkinson. The interment will follow at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Moore-Cortner Funeral Home, 300 1st Ave. NW, Winchester, TN 37398, 931-967-2222
