Jan 15, 1970 The Winona Times\ Winona, Ms.   Mrs. Pearson dies, member of Pioneer family   Mrs. John W. Pearson died last Saturday afternoon at a Jackson nursing home.   A former resident of Hooandale, she was 84 years old.   The former Nina J. Watson of Nations community near Kilmichael, Mrs. Pearson was the daughter of Eli Jasper Watson, Jr. & Malinda Nations Watson.   She attended Dorris & Nations Schools, both established by & named her grandparents, Pioneer citizens of Montgomery County   After graduation, she lived in Winona where she was employed in the cotton industry.   She married the late John W. Pearson, in 1907, & moved to Stewart, where they resided for a number of years. They moved to Hollandale in 1925.   Mr. Pearson preceded her in death in 1933.  Mrs. Pearson continued to make her home in Hollandale until 1963 when she moved to Bulls Gap, Tenn., to lived with daughter, Mrs. Sanford E. Swann.  She moved with her daughter to Knox County near Knoxville in 1968.   Survivors are; a daughter, Mrs. Sanford E. Swann, Knoxville, Tenn; a son, Woodard W. Pearson, Jackson; 5 grandchildren & a great grandson; a sister, Mrs. Ada Jeffcoat.   A daughter, Nina Mae Pearson, preceded her in death in 1962.   Funeral services were held at Nations Poplar Creek Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. W.H. Henson officiating & Re. H.B. Vinson, assisting.   Interment was in the Nations Poplar Creek cemetery, with Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home of Jackson in charge.   Pallbearers were Roy C. Watson, Elmer Jeffcoat, Herman Clyde Jeffcoat. Hosea C. Malone, Clayton Malone, R.B. Pearson, Hugh B. Pearson  & Bennie Joe Watson.