This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ward Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0UB.2ACI/532 Message Board Post: Mrs. Vertia Ward Watson, age 84, died Wednesday night, September 26, 2001 at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Linville. She was born June 22, 1917, in the Laurel Creek Community of Watauga County Parents: Calvin Benjamin (D) and Nancy McGuire Ward Husband: Norman Lee Watson Daughters: Ms. Reba Milton; Joseph and Reatha Barnes Sons: Burl Watson (D); Fred Watson; Clyde and Audrey Watson; Earl and Ruth Watson; Darrell and Ellen Watson Daughter-in-law: Barbara Watson Brother: Edward and Anne Ward Brother-in-law: George Presnell nephews. Grandson: Tommy Stroud (D) Burial was in the Watson Family Cemetery in Banner Elk cemetery.