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Pauline Allen Watson, PINSON Pauline Ethel Allen Watson, age 93, died March 27, 2005 at Jackson General Hospital. She was born November 13, 1911 in Hayward, Pemiscot Co., Missouri, the daughter of James Malcomb and Ethel Swift Allen. She lived her first eighteen years in Missouri and Trumann, Arkansas, then moved with her family to the Hookers Bend community in Hardin County. In later years she moved to the Pinson community. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Howard Swift Allen and a sister, Minnie Allen Tanner. A brother, James V. Allen, of Memphis, survives. She is also survived by her husband of 59 years, James Leo Watson, of Pinson/Beech Bluff; two daughters, Judy Lowrance, and husband Larry, of Beech Bluff and Jane Ellis and husband David, of Bald Knob, Arkansas; two grandsons, David Helvering and wife Emily of Appleton, Wisconsin, and Martin Lowrance of Beech Bluff. She was a member of the Pinson Church of Christ. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, from the Chapel of Casey Funeral Home, with Bro. Don Taylor and Rev. Roger Henson officiating and burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Hardin County. Casey Funeral Home Henderson, TN 731-989-2421 As reported in The Jackson Sun: 03/29/2005 This was read by one of the preachers at the funeral. Eulogy Pauline Watson lived her life exactly as she wanted to. She spent hours pouring over newspapers, magazines, and anything else that she was able to read. She sewed beautiful dresses for her daughters; she put together quilts from scraps of material. She canned food for her family after gathering it from the garden. To Pauline Watson, those things were why God put her here on earth and she felt she was more than blessed. She taught her daughters important things in life like manners, and how to set the table correctly. She taught them to respect their elders. She instilled in them a love of flowers and birds, all things of nature. Pauline Watson was a devoted mother to her daughters. She once said that it did not matter what her daughters might do in life, even if she did not approve of it, she would still love them because they are her daughters. She took them to church in their Sunday best; to Bible School in the summer; to piano recitals, and to PTA programs. She was always there to protect them from any harm that might come their way. As for her grandchildren, well, no Grandmother ever loved her grandsons any more than Pauline Watson. They returned that love ten fold, and will doubtless keep that love in their hearts forever. It is certain when they have children of their own, that they will pass on the legacy of their Grandmother’s love. Her granddaughter-in-law received the same love. Pauline was devoted to her brothers and sisters. She cared for her mother, her father, and her mother-in-law when they could not care for themselves. All with a matter-of-factness that showed she did it because she wanted to, and not because it was a necessity. When Pauline Watson was in control, she was at her best. On her marriage to Leo, one only needs to count the years…59 years. She waited on Leo; took care of Leo. He returned that devotion by taking care of her in the end, by keeping her at home with him. Without Leo and daughter, Judy, who worked diligently to keep her safe and secure, it would have been necessary for her to spend her last years away from the things and people she loved. Pauline Watson loved all the neighborhood children, her sons-in-law, her nieces and nephews, and her extended family, and her friends. And in the end she died the way she had lived. She struggled to hang on to all of those she loved until she was forced to let go. Today we come together, not to mourn, although we do shed tears, but to celebrate a wonderful life of 93 years. And we come here to thank Pauline Watson for sharing her love and laughter with us. May God be as blessed with her presence as we are. Jane Watson Ellis Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep by Mary Frye Do not stand at
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