MARION — Anthony Watson, age 78, died Sunday, May 10, 2009 at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. Mr. Watson was born June 21, 1930, in Marion county, son of William Clarence and Ila Mae Duncan Watson. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, May 13 at Rose Hill Cemetery, directed by Richardson Funeral Home. The family will receive friends just prior to the service from 12:30 until 2:00 PM at the funeral home. He was a 1949 graduate of Latta High School and attended Clemson College. He served in the US Air Force for 14 years. He farmed in Marion County for several years and retired from Beneteau. He was a member of Union Baptist Church. He enjoyed cooking and good food. He had a special interest in gardening and collecting rare and unusual plants. For several years he and his wife belonged to a square dance club and they have maintained many friends from this group. His good-natured disposition and wonderful sense of humor will be remembered by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Elvenia Keturah Phillips Watson; daughters, Valerie Jo (Cliff) Tyner and Danelle Renee Watson; granddaughter Summer Lynn Roberts; great-grandson Scott Anthony Roberts; all of Marion; brothers William C. Watson, Jr. of Atlanta, GA, and Zack S. (Peggy) Watson of Marion; sister, Katie W. Macon of Marion; sister-in-law Dottie Goodale and her husband, Bobby, of Johns Island, SC; and several nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his parents; a sister, Miriam Doris Watson, a brother, Edward Garland Watson and his wife, Peggy; a sister-in-law, Margie Chapman Watson; brother-in-law, George E. Macon; nephew George Earle Macon, Jr. and niece Miriam Watson Vereen. Memorials may be made to McLeod Hospice House, 1203 E Cheves St., Florence, SC 29501 or to _American Cancer Society_ (http://media.legacy.com/accipiter/adclick/CID=0000010cb18aea7200000000/acc_random=6463629400/pageid=896407255 6/ccid=268/aamgnrc1=American%20Cancer%20Society/site=LEGACY/aamsz=CLIO/area= FLORENCENEWS.13/zone=SEARCHRESULTS/prod=1/relocate=https://www.cancer.org/do croot/DON/DON_1_Donate_Online_Now_Auto_Custom.asp?don_promo=Legacy&dn=mem&fn =James&ln=Watson) 1-800-227-2345 or _www.cancer.org_ (http://www.cancer.org/) . Published in the Morning News on 5/12/2009 **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)