This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Watson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1029.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: requested by: Mary >>RMSDE@worldnet.att.net Merced Sun-Star, Merced, CA. Friday, Dec 21, 1962 Henry C. Watson Winton ~ Funeral services for Henry Carroll Watson, 66, retired farmer, will be held on Dec. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Atwater Chapel of Ivers and Alcorn Funeral Home. The Rev. Sam Anderson of First Christian Church will officiate. Mr. Watson died Friday at a Merced hospital. He had been living in this area since 1939 and had previously owned a ranch on Gertrude Avenue. In 1947, Mr. Watson sold his original ranch and bought the present one at 5878 N. Winton Way. He retired in 1958. Mr. Watson was a native of Iowa and was an Army veteran of World War l. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Watson of Winton, a brother, James Howard Watson of Stockton, and a niece and nephew. Burial will be in Winton Cemetery.